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The Japanese and the war : expectation, perception, and the shaping of memory /

Memories of World War II exert a powerful influence over Japan's culture and society. In The Japanese and the War, Michael Lucken details how World War II manifested in the literature, art, film, funerary practices, and education reform of the time. Concentrating on the years immediately before...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lucken, Michael (Autor)
Otros Autores: Grimwade, Karen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Colección:Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Names
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Nation out to Conquer
  • 2 A Totalitarian Dynamic, 1940-1945
  • 3 The Meaning of the War
  • 4 Heroes and the Dead
  • 5 Fear and Destruction
  • 6 Postwar Complexities
  • 7 The American Occupation, or the Present Versus the Past
  • 8 The Plurality of History
  • 9 Individual Conscience and Collective Inertia
  • 10 Memory and Religion
  • 11 From Monument to Museum
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index.