Deconstructing Nationality (Hardcover)

How can a post-national Japanese Studies be defined? How might the postwar myth of a monoethnic Japan be historicized? Can new forms of nationalism be effectively criticized by evoking a spirit of nationalist democracy? This book contains a series of groundbreaking essays by major Japanese and American scholars seeking to locate "Japan" beyond the geographical and ideological boundaries established post-1945 and under the Cold War. Included are essays on such iconic cultural figures as Maruyama Masao and Takamura Kōtarō; on the impact of colonialism on prewar theories of race, language, and multi-culturalism; on gender and nationalism; on the critique of culturalist notions of the "native speaker" and "mother tongue," and on Asian nationalisms in the era of globalization.

General

Imprint:	Cornell University East Asia Program
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2011
Editors:	Naoki Sakai • Brett Bary • Toshio Iyotani
Dimensions:	241 x 165mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	276
ISBN-13:	978-1-885445-34-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-885445-34-2
Barcode:	9781885445346

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