Title Nation-empire : ideology and rural youth mobilization in Japan and its colonies / Sayaka Chatani

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages) Series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Contents National trends -- From mobilization to the social mobility complex -- Totalitarian Japanization -- Interlude : Okinawa's place in the nation-empire -- Colonial intellectuals -- Finding rural youth in Taiwan -- Emotional basis for Japanization -- Model rural youth in Korean village -- Opportunities and loopholes -- As young pillars of the nation-empire -- Epilogue : back in villages Summary By the end of World War II, hundreds of thousands of young men in the Japanese colonies, in particular Taiwan and Korea, had expressed their loyalty to the empire by volunteering to join the army. Why and how did so many colonial youth become passionate supporters of Japanese imperial nationalism? And what happened to these youth after the war? Nation-Empire investigates these questions by examining the long-term mobilization of youth in the rural peripheries of Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. Personal stories and village histories vividly show youth's ambitions, emotions, and identities generated in the shifting conditions in each locality. At the same time, Sayaka Chatani unveils an intense ideological mobilization built from diverse contexts--the global rise of youth and agrarian ideals, Japan's strong drive for assimilation and nationalization, and the complex emotions of younger generations in various remote villages. Nation-Empire engages with multiple historical debates. Chatani considers metropole-colony linkages, revealing the core characteristics of the Japanese Empire; discusses youth mobilization, juxtaposing the Japanese seinendan (village youth associations) with the Boy Scouts and the Hitlerjugend; and examines society and individual subjectivities under totalitarian rule. Her book highlights the shifting state-society transactions of the twentieth-century world through the lens of the Japanese Empire, inviting readers to contend with a new approach to, and a bold vision of, empire study Analysis Japanese Empire, youth mobilization, nationalism, World War II, WWII, Second World War, rural society, Hitlerjugend, Hitler youth, Boy Scouts, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, modern empires, fascist regimes, East Asian International relations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 08, 2019) Subject Rural youth -- Political activity -- Japan -- History -- 20th century Rural youth -- Political activity -- Taiwan -- History -- 20th century Rural youth -- Political activity -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century Young men -- Political activity -- Japan -- History -- 20th century Young men -- Political activity -- Taiwan -- History -- 20th century Young men -- Political activity -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century Nationalism -- Japan -- History -- 20th century Nationalism -- Taiwan -- History -- 20th century Nationalism -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. HISTORY -- Asia -- General. Nationalism Rural youth -- Political activity SUBJECT Japan -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century Subject Japan Korea (South) Taiwan Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018015970 ISBN 9781501730771 1501730770 9781501730764 1501730762 1501730754 9781501730757

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