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Uneasy Warriors: Gender, Memory, and Popular Culture in the Japanese Army

by Sabine Fr�hst�ck
Uneasy Warriors: Gender, Memory, and Popular Culture in the Japanese Army

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ISBN13: 9780520247956
ISBN10: 0520247957



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"This is one of the bestand#151;most surprising, insightful, provocativeand#151;books I've read on the complex interplay of memory, militarism and masculinity. Japan specialists will be sure to find it thought-provoking. But it should also be 'must reading' for all students of masculinity, femininity, militarization, and soldiering. This is comparative feminist ethnography at its smartest."and#151;Cynthia Enloe, author of The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire

"Uneasy Warriors presents a rare and intimate view into the psychological and social workings of the Self-Defense Forces. As the US and Japanese governments gear up to change the Japanese anti-war constitution, this book is even more important for understanding what the consequences will be."and#151;Catherine Lutz, author of Homefront: A Military City and the American 20th Century

"Sabine Frand#252;hstand#252;ck expertly describes the ambiguous status of the Japanese Self Defense Forces. The book reveals insights gained from several years of sustained research, including a stint "in uniform" at an army base near Mt. Fuji. Frand#252;hstand#252;ck's observations about the SDF's public relations emphasis on "cute" popular cultural media are timely and trenchant, as are her analyses of the militarization of masculinity and femininity."and#151;Jennifer Robertson, author of Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan

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and#8220;Well-observed, thoughtfully analyzed portrait of the military. . . . A must read in the canon of recent ethnographies of Japan.and#8221;

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and#8220;An important and thoroughly enjoyable contribution to the field of Japanese studies . . . An enlightening book.and#8221;

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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 Frand#252;hstand#252;ck 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 SDF training, she offers a firsthand look at an army trained for combat that nevertheless serves nontraditional military needs.

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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 Frühstück 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 SDF training, she offers a firsthand look at an army trained for combat that nevertheless serves nontraditional military needs.

About the Author

Sabine Frand#252;hstand#252;ck 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).

Table of Contents

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Acknowledgments

Note on Asterisked Names and Abbreviations

Introduction

1. On Base

2. Postwar Postwarrior Heroism

3. Feminist Militarists

4. Military Manipulations of Popular Culture

5. Embattled Memories, Ersatz Histories

Epilogue

Notes

References

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ISBN:
9780520247956
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
08/14/2007
Publisher:
University of California Press
Language:
English
Pages:
275
Height:
.68IN
Width:
5.87IN
Thickness:
.63 in.
LCCN:
2007011432
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2007
UPC Code:
2800520247958
Author:
Sabine Fruhstuck
Subject:
Popular culture -- Japan.
Subject:
Japan Armed Forces.
Subject:
anthropology;cultural anthropology

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