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Bodies of memory : narratives of war in postwar Japanese culture, 1945-1970 /
Japanese postwar society struggled to understand its war loss and the resulting national trauma, even as forces within the society sought to suppress these memories. Igarashi argues that Japan's nationhood survived the war's destruction in part through a popular culture that expressed memo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Japanese postwar society struggled to understand its war loss and the resulting national trauma, even as forces within the society sought to suppress these memories. Igarashi argues that Japan's nationhood survived the war's destruction in part through a popular culture that expressed memories of loss and devastation more readily than political discourse ever could. He shows how the desire to represent the past motivated Japan's cultural productions in the first twenty-five years of the postwar period. |
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| Notas: | "A Princeton University Press E-Book." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-274) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400842988 1400842980 1283379910 9781283379915 9786613379917 6613379913 |