The rhetoric of Emperor Hirohito : continuity and rupture in Japan's dramas of modernity / by Takeshi Suzuki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suzuki, Takeshi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989.

Hirohito.

Physical Description:

177 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing , 2017.

Summary:

This book investigates the wartime role of Emperor Hirohito and the transition of the Emperor System, a structure which had been in place for a large period of Japanese history, and one undergoing significant change due to a series of intense encounters with Western-style modernity since the Meiji period of the late nineteenth century. Specifically, it explores moments in three episodes of social reality that were part of the wartime experience of the Japanese people: namely, the initiation of the conflict, accomplishing an end to the war, and the transition to post-war society. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Emperor Hirohito and His Wartime Role: Approaching History from the Rhetorical Perspective 1

Chapter 2 The Rhetorical Construction of National Identity: Indoctrination of the Japanese Public and "Overcoming Modernity" by the Wartime Intellectuals 31

Chapter 3 The Alternation of Rhetorical Reality: Controversy over the Post-War Status of Emperor Hirohito and His War-Ending Address 68

Chapter 4 The Rhetorical Re-construction of a New Democratic Nation: The New Year's "Declaration of Humanity" Rescript of 1946 109

Chapter 5 Conclusion 148.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1443889881

9781443889889

OCLC:

989034988

Publisher Number:

99972691298