Author Description

This Book Proposes To See The Concept Of Love As A National State Apparatus. By Looking At Key Historical And Social Events In Japan, The Book Captures How Men And Women In Japan Are Made Loving Members Of The Nation, Subjected To The State's Intervention Across The Areas Of Life And Death.,Ryang Offers Debate On Ethnological Case Studies Including Ancient Sexualized Rituals And Fertility Festivals, The Murder Case Of Abe Sada, The Rape Of Nanjing, The Wartime Institution Of Comfort Stations, Postwar Pure Love And Miko And Mako's Tragedy, The 1990s Phenomenon Of Enjokosai Or Aid-date, And The More Recent Wave Of Romancing A South Korean Actor. By Looking At Love's Transformation Through The Prewar And Postwar Period, With An Additional Eye On Ancient Times, Ryang Touches Upon The Emergent Process Of The Modern Self And Relates Love To Foucault's Concept Of Governmentality, Biopower, And Disciplinarity To Give A Wide-ranging Historical And Cultural Analysis Of Love In Japan.,Combining Ethnographic, Theoretical, And Archival Research, This Study Will Be Of Huge Appeal To Scholars Of Japanese Anthropology, Feminist Anthropology, And Gender Studies Alike.--jacket.