Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. <br/><br/>
Kamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms  the militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history /  [electronic resource] : 
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  2002. 
 - xvii, 411 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-399) and index. 
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- Part 1: THE SYMBOLISM OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN PRE-MEIJI JAPAN -- The Field of Meaning, Images, and Aesthetics 27 -- Part 2: THE ROAD TO PRO REGE ET PATRIA MORI: -- NATURALIZATION OF IMPERIAL NATIONALISM -- 2 The Emperor's Two Bodies: Sovereignty, Theocracy, and Militarization 61 -- 3 The Militarization of Cherry Blossoms: Cherry Blossoms as the Souls of Fallen Soldiers 102 -- 4 The Militarization of the Masses 125 -- Part 3: THE MAKING OF THE TOKKOTAI PILOTS -- 5 The Tokkotai Operation 157 -- 6 Five Tokkotai Pilots 186 -- Part 4: NATIONALISMS, PATRIOTISMS, AND THE ROLE OF AESTHETICS IN MECONNAISSANCE -- 7 State Nationalism and Naturalization Processes 245 -- 8 Patriotism: Global Intellectual Currents as Its Source 261 -- 9 The Crooked Timber of the Cherry 279 -- Summary 299 -- Appendix: List of Readings by Four Pilots 307. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Kamikaze airplanes.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Japanese.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Education and the war.<br/>Kamikaze pilots.<br/>College students--Japan.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D792.J3  / O26 2002eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.54/4952/0922