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Uneasy Warriors: Gender, Memory, and Popular Culture in the Japanese Army
Sabine Fruhstuck
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Description for Uneasy Warriors: Gender, Memory, and Popular Culture in the Japanese Army
Paperback. Following World War II, Japan's postwar constitution forbade the country to wage war or create an army. This book draws on interviews, historical research, and analysis to describe the unusual case of a non-war-making military. It offers a look at an army trained for combat that nevertheless serves nontraditional military needs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Following World War II, Japan's postwar constitution forbade the country to wage war or create an army. However, with the emergence of the cold war in the 1950s, Japan was urged to establish the Self-Defense Forces as a way to bolster Western defenses against the tide of Asian communism. Although the SDF's role is supposedly limited to self-defense, Japan's armed forces are equipped with advanced weapons technology and the world's third-largest military budget. Sabine Fruhstuck draws on interviews, historical research, and analysis to describe the unusual case of a non-war-making military. As the first scholar permitted to participate in basic ... Read more
Following World War II, Japan's postwar constitution forbade the country to wage war or create an army. However, with the emergence of the cold war in the 1950s, Japan was urged to establish the Self-Defense Forces as a way to bolster Western defenses against the tide of Asian communism. Although the SDF's role is supposedly limited to self-defense, Japan's armed forces are equipped with advanced weapons technology and the world's third-largest military budget. Sabine Fruhstuck draws on interviews, historical research, and analysis to describe the unusual case of a non-war-making military. As the first scholar permitted to participate in basic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520247956
SKU
V9780520247956
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About Sabine Fruhstuck
Sabine Fruhstuck is Professor of Modern Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of Colonizing Sex: Sexology and Social Control in Modern Japan (UC Press, 2003).
Reviews for Uneasy Warriors: Gender, Memory, and Popular Culture in the Japanese Army
"Well-observed, thoughtfully analyzed portrait of the military... A must read in the canon of recent ethnographies of Japan."
Amy Borovoy Journal Of Japanese Stds "An important and thoroughly enjoyable contribution to the field of Japanese studies ... An enlightening book."
Beatrice Trefalt Japanese Studies
Amy Borovoy Journal Of Japanese Stds "An important and thoroughly enjoyable contribution to the field of Japanese studies ... An enlightening book."
Beatrice Trefalt Japanese Studies