The celebration of violence: A live-fire demonstration carried out by Japan's contemporary military

American Ethnologist

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 540-555

  Ben Ari, Eyal ^a   Frühstück, Sabine ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Japan; Military; Public events; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346327393     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2003.30.4.540     Document Type: Review

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