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The Power of Memory in Modern Japan.

Due to their symbolic and iconographic meanings, expressions of 'collective memory' constitute the mental topography of a society and make a powerful contribution to its cultural, political and social identity. In Japan, the subject of 'memory' has prompted a huge response in rec...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saaler, Sven
Otros Autores: Schwentker, Wolfgang
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Table of Contents; 1 INTRODUCTION The Realms of Memory: Japan and Beyond; Part 1 Memory in Politics and International Relations; 2 For the Nation or for the People? History and Memory of the Nanjing Massacre in Japan; 3 Japan's 'Comfort Women' and Historical Memory: The Neo-nationalist Counter-attack; 4 Tokko- Zaidan: A Case Study of Institutional Japanese War Memorialization; 5 Remembering the War Crimes Trial: The Tokyo Trial View of History; 6 Historical Memory and Shiba Ryotaro: Remembering Russia, Creating Japan.