Format:
xix, 288 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9780367111328
Series Statement:
Remembering the modern world
Content:
Introduction : Locating Asia's war memory boom : a new temporal and geopolitical perspective / Mark R. Frost, Edward Vickers and Daniel Schumacher -- Angry states : Chinese views of Japan as seen through the Unit 731 War Museum since 1949 / Tony Brooks -- Memory times, memory places : public and private commemoration of war in China / Diana Lary -- The Jianchuan Museum and memory of the war of resistance against Japan / Kirk A. Denton -- The state of Malaysian war memory : "postcolonizing" moments in Perak / Hamzah Muzaini -- Capitalists can do no wrong : selective memories of war and occupation in Hong Kong / Edward Vickers -- Transition and transnational loyalties : World War II remembrance and the overseas Chinese in Singapore / Daniel Schumacher -- Commemorating "comfort women" beyond Korea : the Chinese case / Edward Vickers -- In search of fathers : the pilgrimages to Asia of the children of Far East prisoners of war / Terry Smyth -- "Affect" and dislocation : exhibiting the kamikaze in Japan and Pearl Harbor / Matthew Allen -- Methods of reconciliation : the "rich tradition" of Japanese war memory activism in post-war Southeast Asia / Mark R. Frost and Yosuke Watanabe.
Content:
"Over the past four decades, East and Southeast Asia have seen a proliferation of heritage sites and remembrance practices which commemorate the region's bloody conflicts of the period 1931-45. Remembering Asia's World War Two examines the origins, dynamics and repercussions of this regional war 'memory boom.' Focusing on non-textual vehicles for public commemoration and considering both the local and international dimensions of war commemoration within the area, Remembering Asia's World War Two is ideal for students and scholars of Asian history, Asian studies, memory studies and heritage studies"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367111335
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Remembering Asia's World War Two Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
Language:
English
Keywords:
Pazifikkrieg
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Erinnerung
;
Gedenken
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Asien
;
Ostasien
;
Japan
;
China
;
Korea
;
Malaysia
;
Singapur
;
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