Essays about: "Rupture of Modernity."

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  1. 1. Home of the Japanese Heart : Socio-historical Contextualization of Gender Politics, Commodity Animism and Super State-Nationalism of Japanese Modernity through the Indigenous Faith

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Juno Crown; [2018]
    Keywords : Shrine Maidens; Miko; Shinto; Acculturation; Super State-Nationalism; Ethnic Religion; Monoethnicity; Gender Politics; Hegemonic Femininity; Commodity Animism; Uniform Fetishsm; Rupture of Modernity.;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to contextualize gender politics, nationalism, and animism as interconnected cultural patterns reflecting 19th century acculturation and post-WWII national reconstruction of Japan. In particular, state-nationalism, hegemonic femininity, commodity animism, uniform fetishsm, and power structure are analyzed through the symbolisms and discourse of the Japanese indigenous faith: Shinto, female practitioners, and followers. READ MORE