Flowers that kill : communicative opacity in political spaces /

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Flowers are beautiful. People often communicate their love, sorrow, and other feelings to each other by offering flowers, like roses. Flowers can also be symbols of collective identity, as cherry blossoms are for the Japanese. But, are they also deceptive? Do people become aware when their meaning c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Symbolism in politics > Japan > History.
Symbolism in politics > Europe > History.
Symbolism in communication > Japan > History.
Symbolism in communication > Europe > History.
Flowers > Symbolic aspects > Japan > History.
Flowers > Symbolic aspects > Europe > History.
Symbolisme en politique > Japon > Histoire.
Symbolisme en politique > Europe > Histoire.
Symbolisme dans la communication > Japon > Histoire.
Symbolisme dans la communication > Europe > Histoire.
Fleurs > Aspect symbolique > Japon > Histoire.
Fleurs > Aspect symbolique > Europe > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Flowers > Symbolic aspects.
Symbolism in communication.
Symbolism in politics.
Europe.
Japan.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : opacity, misrecognition, and other complexities of symbolic communication
  • Japanese cherry blossoms : from the beauty of life to the sublimity of sacrificial death
  • European roses : from 'bread and roses' to the aestheticization of murderers
  • The subversive monkey in Japanese culture : from scapegoat to clown
  • Rice and the Japanese collective self : the purity of exclusion
  • The collective self and cultural/political nationalisms : cross-cultural perspectives
  • The invisible and inaudible Japanese emperor
  • (Non- )externalization of religious and political authority and power : a cross-cultural perspective.

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