Ennobling Japan's Savage Northeast : Tōhoku as Japanese Postwar Thought, 1945-2011 /

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"When Japan embarked on modernization, historical prejudice, contemporary politics, and economic calculation led to Tohoku's marginalization. After 1945, attempts were made to overcome this image and rehabilitate the Northeast as a source of new national values. This book unravels the cont...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopson, Nathan, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Patriotismus
Nationalismus
Nationalbewusstsein
Ideologie
Nationalism.
National characteristics, Japanese.
Nationalism > Japan.
Tohoku > Region
Japan
Japan > Tōhoku Region.
Japan.
Tōhoku Region (Japan) > History > 21st century.
Tōhoku Region (Japan) > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The moment : Hiraizumi, 1950
  • Japan's first colony and the "culture of resistance"
  • Ennobling the Emishi
  • Hiraizumi, the phoenix
  • Tōhoku studies as neo-Japanism--"Jōmonism" and "Tōhokugaku"
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix : charter of the Tōhoku Culture Research Center (Tōbunken).

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