TY - BOOK AU - Ohnuki-Tierney,Emiko ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Kamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms: the militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history AV - D792.J3 O26 2002eb U1 - 940.54/4952/0922 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Kamikaze airplanes KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Aerial operations, Japanese KW - Education and the war KW - Kamikaze pilots KW - College students KW - Japan KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-399) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10402627 ER -