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 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 not only looks at the immediate aftermath of
WWII from the perspective of Japan, but also tries to rethink
Westernization in the light of its global appropriation. This
volume is addressed to specialists of Japanese or Asian history,
but it will also attract historians of the United States and
readers from political and intellectual history, cultural studies,
and historiography in general.
General
| Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Japan |
| Release date: |
June 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Oliviero Frattolillo
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
198 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-253205-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-03-253205-X |
| Barcode: |
9781032532059 |
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