Kamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms : the militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history /

Why did almost one thousand highly educated ""student soldiers"" volunteer to serve in Japan's tokkotai (kamikaze) operations near the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war? In this fascinating study of the role of symbolism and aesthetics in totalitarian...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Subjects:
1939-1945
Kamikaze airplanes.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Education and the war.
Kamikaze pilots.
College students > Japan.
Social sciences.
Social Sciences
Kamikazes (Avions)
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations aériennes japonaises.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Éducation et guerre.
Kamikazes (Pilotes)
Étudiants > Japon.
Sciences sociales.
social sciences.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
College students
Kamikaze airplanes
Kamikaze pilots
Military operations, Aerial > Japanese
Social sciences
War and education
Piloten.
Zelfmoordaanslagen.
Nationalisme.
Symbolisme.
Esthetica.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Japan
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