Japan on Display - Photography and the Emperor

Informationen zum Autor Morris Low is professor of East Asian sciences and technology at Johns Hopkins University. His previous publications include Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan (1999); Science, Technology and R&D in Japan (2001); Asian Masculinities (2003); Building a Modern Japan (2005); and Science and the Building of a New Japan (2005). Klappentext Drawing on archival documents! photographs! and sources in both Japanese and English! this book examines representations of the Meiji emperor! Mutsuhito (1852-1912) and his grandson the Showa emperor! Hirohito who was regarded as a symbol of the nation! in both war and peacetime. Zusammenfassung The author explores the role of science and photography in representations of Japan and Emperors Mutsuhito and Hirohito, covering a period of over a hundred years from the Meiji period through the Emperor Hirohito's death in 1989. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations. 1. Imagining the Emperor 2. The Death of the Meiji Emperor 3. Hybridity and the Whiteness of the Japanese 4. Collecting Manchuria 5. The Emperor's Sons go to War 6. The Emperor, Imperial Tours and the Tokyo Olympics 7. Techno-Nationalism and the Family 8. The Emperor as Scientist. Epilogue: The Death of the Shôwa Emperor

Product details

• Authors: Morris Low, Morris (University of Queensland Low, Low Morris
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2006
• EAN: 9780415371483
• ISBN: 978-0-415-37148-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Japan, Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Asian History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General