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Yasukuni Shrine : History, Memory, and Japan's Unending Postwar /

This is the first extensive English-language study of Yasukuni Shrine as a war memorial. It explores the controversial shrine's role in waging war, promoting peace, honoring the dead, and, in particular, building Japan's modern national identity. It traces Yasukuni's history from its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Takenaka, Akiko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2015]
Colección:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • One. Mobilizing Death: Developing the Myth of Yasukuni
  • Two. Institutionalizing Joy: Turning War into Spectacle at Yasukuni Shrine
  • Threee. Networks of Grief and Pride: Yasukuni Shrine in Regional Japan
  • Four. Institutionalizing Grief: Yasukuni Shrine and Total War
  • Five. Who Has the Right to Mourn? Politics of Enshrinement at Yasukuni Shrine
  • Six. Mobilizing Memories: Postmemorial Conservatism at Yasukuni Today
  • Epilogue Contesting Memories: Yasukuni Shrine as a Countermonument
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index