A history of nationalism in modern Japan placing the people - Doak, Kevin Michael (Brill, 2007)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and index
PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE AS A NATION; CHAPTER TWO THE PRECONDITIONS OF JAPANESE NATIONALISM; CHAPTER THREE TENNO; CHAPTER FOURS HAKAI; CHAPTER FIVE KOKUMIN; CHAPTER SIX MINZOKU; CHAPTER SEVEN AFTERWORD: THE PLACE OF THE NATION IN JAPAN TODAY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Provides an overview of the debates over Japanese national identity and nationalism from the middle of the nineteenth century onwards. This work presents Japanese nationalism as a contestory practice that positions "the people" as what the nation is and what nationalism seeks to achieve. It also explores sites where this practice has been intense