Nationalisms of Japan Managing and Mystifying Identity

Name: Nationalisms of Japan Managing and Mystifying Identity
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ISBN: 9780742524552

ISBN-10: 0742524558

ISBN-13: 9780742524552

Edition: 2004

Authors: Brian J. McVeigh

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In this analysis, Brian McVeigh confronts both the demonizers & apologists of Japan & argues that far from being unique, Japanese nationalism can be demystified by stripping away Orientalist-inspired misconceptions.

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List price: $71.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/19/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.92" wide x 9.00" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Note to Reader



Purposes and Perspectives



Introduction



The Ambiguity, Domains, and Degrees of Nationalism



Historical Background of Japan's Nationalisms



Renovationist Nationalism: The Self-Reinforcing Logic of Modernity and Japaneseness



Nationalizing the State and Statizing the Nation



State and Official Nationalisms



Economic Nationalism: Developmentalism and Capitalist Nationalism



Educational Nationalism: Reproducing Educational Dualism



Ethnos Nationalism: State, Nation, and "Race" in a House of Mirrors



State Cultural Nationalism: "Cultural Policy"--Aestheticizing the Nation and Nationalizing Aesthetics



Popular and Nonofficial Nationalisms



Popular Cultural Nationalism: Linking Ethnos, Aesthetics, Citizenship, and Progress



Postimperial Ethnos Nationalism: Homogeneity, Uniqueness, and Peace



Gendered Nationalism: Producing "Good Wives-Wise Mothers"



Mainstream and Marginal Nationalism: The Paradox of "Japaneseness" in the Mahikari Religious Movement



Final Thoughts



Japan's Legacy of Modernity and Issues of Citizenship



Internationalism, Extranationalism, and Renovationism



Types of Corporations and Their Relevant Laws



Procedure for Establishing a Public-Service Corporation



Organization of Corporations


Bibliography


Index


About the Author