"This book is a political and cultural history of the early postwar Japan aiming at exploring how the perception and cultural values of everyday life in the country changed along with the rise of the kasutori culture. Such a process was closely tied with both a refusal of the samurai culture an...

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1. Verfasser:	Frattolillo, Oliviero (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York, NY Routledge 2024
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge studies in the modern history of Japan
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1945-1950 Nachkriegszeit Kultur Japan Japan / History / Allied occupation, 1945-1952 Japan / Civilization / Western influences Japan / Politics and government / 1945-1989 Japan / Social life and customs / 20th century Civilization / Western influences Manners and customs Politics and government 1900-1999 History
Zusammenfassung:	"This book is a political and cultural history of the early postwar Japan aiming at exploring how the perception and cultural values of everyday life in the country changed along with the rise of the kasutori culture. Such a process was closely tied with both a refusal of the samurai culture and the interwar debate on modernity, and it resulted in a decadent way of life, exemplified by intellectuals such as Sakaguchi Ango. It depicts a short-lived radical cultural and social alternative, one that forced people to rethink their relationship to the kokutai, modernity, social roles, daily practices, and the production of knowledge. The subjectivity and daily practices in those years were more important in shaping the society and cultural identities of the Japanese than the new public ideology of the nation. This challenges some Euro-American historical notions that the new private sphere has emerged in Japan as an effect of the country's Americanization, rather than from within it. This work looks at the immediate aftermath of WWII from the perspective of Japan, but also try to rethink Westernization in the light of its global appropriation. This volume it is not only addressed to specialists of Japanese or Asian history, but it will also attract historians of the U.S., readers from political and intellectual history, cultural studies, and historiography in general."
Beschreibung:	xiv, 197 Seiten 24,3 cm
ISBN:	9781032532059 9781032532066