The Culture of Japanese Fascism

by Masao Miyoshi, Rey Chow, Aaron Gerow, et al.

This bold collection of essays demonstrates the necessity of understanding fascism in cultural terms rather than only or even primarily in terms of political structures and events. Contributors from history, literature, film, art history, and anthropology describe a culture of fascism in Japan in the decades preceding the end of the Asia-Pacific War. In so doing, they challenge past scholarship, which has generally rejected descriptions of pre-1945...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822344688
• ISBN13: 9780822344681
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"