Citation

Walthall A. History Compass 2004; 2(1): **-**.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1478-0542.2004.00079.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We live in a world permeated with violence, yet until recently the field of Japanese studies has not focused on the connection between violence, gender, and modernity. The goal of this article is to suggest ways in which violence and gender figure in conspicuous consumption and the construction of the modern state.