Memories of war : Micronesians in the Pacific War /

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Micronesians often liken the Pacific War to a typhoon, one that swept away their former lives and brought dramatic changes to their understandings of the world and their places in it. Whether they spent the war in bomb shelters, in sweet potato fields under the guns of Japanese soldiers, or in their...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Falgout, Suzanne (Autor), Poyer, Lin, 1953- (Autor), Carucci, Laurence Marshall, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1939 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Micronesia (Federated States)
Memory > Social aspects > Micronesia (Federated States)
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Micronesian.
Oral history.
Histoire orale.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Memory > Social aspects
Oral history
Social aspects
Micronesia (Federated States) > History.
Micronesia (Federated States)
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives.
History.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. Backgrounds. "Micronesia"
  • Cultural memories and the Pacific War
  • pt. 2. Micronesian understandings of the Pacific War. The meaning of war
  • The shock of war
  • Hardship and suffering
  • Combat experiences
  • pt. 3. Micronesian vantage points. "It was not our war"
  • The typhoon of war
  • Questions of loyalty
  • Micronesian responses to wartime pressures
  • pt. 4. Cultural themes in Micronesian wartime narratives. Some Micronesian preoccupations
  • Greetings and farewells
  • pt. 5. Conclusions. Wartime memories in the modern world
  • "The great airplane"
  • Appendix : List of participants in oral history interviews.

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