Flowers that kill : communicative opacity in political spaces / Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney.

By: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804795944Subject(s): Symbolism in politics -- Japan -- History | Symbolism in politics -- Europe -- History | Symbolism in communication -- Japan -- History | Symbolism in communication -- Europe -- History | Flowers -- Symbolic aspects -- Japan -- History | Flowers -- Symbolic aspects -- Europe -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 320.9401/4 LOC classification: JC347.J3 | O35 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : opacity, misrecognition, and other complexities of symbolic communication -- Japanese cherry blossoms : from the beauty of life to the sublimity of sacrificial death -- European roses : from 'bread and roses' to the aestheticization of murderers -- The subversive monkey in Japanese culture : from scapegoat to clown -- Rice and the Japanese collective self : the purity of exclusion -- The collective self and cultural/political nationalisms : cross-cultural perspectives -- The invisible and inaudible Japanese emperor -- (Non-)externalization of religious and political authority and power : a cross-cultural perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : opacity, misrecognition, and other complexities of symbolic communication -- Japanese cherry blossoms : from the beauty of life to the sublimity of sacrificial death -- European roses : from 'bread and roses' to the aestheticization of murderers -- The subversive monkey in Japanese culture : from scapegoat to clown -- Rice and the Japanese collective self : the purity of exclusion -- The collective self and cultural/political nationalisms : cross-cultural perspectives -- The invisible and inaudible Japanese emperor -- (Non-)externalization of religious and political authority and power : a cross-cultural perspective.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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