UID:
almahu_9949385273002882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780367677459
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0367677458
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1000409600
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9781003132653
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1003132650
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9781000409611
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1000409619
,
9781000409604
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia
Content:
"The contributors to this book examine and compare the colonial and decolonisation experiences of people in Taiwan and Nan'yo-gunto - Micronesia - who underwent periods of rule by the Greater Japanese Empire. Early anthropological theory of western imperialist countries focussed on transforming "savage" cultures by ruling in a high-handed manner. When Japan asserted its hegemony through sudden colonisation, its culture was perceived as inferior to the civilisation indices previously experienced by those it ruled. How did these ruled nations construct their cultural and historical awareness in areas where the strategic design of Japan's "civilising mission" was not convincing? After the end of World War II many emerging countries in the Third World achieved independence through various negotiations or struggles with their former colonial powers and built new relationships with their erstwhile rulers. However, after Japan's defeat, Taiwan and Nan'yo-gunto became ruled by new foreign governments. How did Japan's reign and transplanted Japanese culture affect the formation of historical awareness and cultural construction of present day communities in these two regions? A fascinating ethnographic insight into the affects of empire and colonisation on the historic imagination, that will be of great interest to historical anthropologists of Taiwan, Japan and the South Pacific"--
Note:
Introduction -- Part I Recognition of the Japanese colonial era -- 1 The 'Japanisation' of the Taiwanese lifeworld during and after the colonial period: with reference to Nan'yō Guntō -- 2 The realities of Palauan colonial experiences -- 3 Multi-layered 'colonial experience': collisions, contacts, and re-encounters of the Bunun with 'Japan' -- Part II Living after the war -- 4 The 'crossover generation': residents of Taiwan's East coast under multi-layered foreign rule -- 5 Christian nursing care for the Japanese-speaking elderly in Taiwan: analysis of the official newsletters of Gyokulansou -- 6 Palau Sakura Kai: an association of Palauans of Japanese ancestry -- Part III Objects and memories -- 7 Significance of heritage in decolonisation: Taiwanese colonial experiences and their appropriation of Japan's imperial-era buildings -- 8 Two monuments in Majuro Atoll and economic development: a case study of the East Pacific monument to the war dead and the Seion-Kinenhi -- 9 Multi-layered realms of memory: a diachronic study of the commemoration of the Mudanshe Incident in Taiwan -- Glossary -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Memories of the Japanese empire Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021 ISBN 9780367677466
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003132653
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003132653
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