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

Author/creator Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015.
Descriptionxv, 270 pages ; 23 cm
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015011809
ISBN9780804794107 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804795890 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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