Akiko Hashimoto

The Long Defeat (eBook, ePUB)

Cultural Trauma, Memory, and Identity in Japan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In The Long Defeat, Akiko Hashimoto explores the stakes of war memory in Japan after its catastrophic defeat in World War II, showing how and why defeat has become an indelible part of national collective life, especially in recent decades. Divisive war memories lie at the root of the contentious politics surrounding Japan's pacifist constitution and remilitarization, and fuel the escalating frictions in East Asia known collectively as Japan's "history problem." Drawing on ethnography, interviews, and a wealth of popular memory data, this book identifies three preoccupations - national belonging, healing, and justice - in Japan's discourses of defeat. Hashimoto uncovers the key war memory narratives that are shaping Japan's choices - nationalism, pacifism, or reconciliation - for addressing the rising international tensions and finally overcoming its dark history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190239183
• Artikelnr.: 42675449

Autorenporträt

Akiko Hashimoto is Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements
* Chapter 1: Cultural Memory in a Fallen Nation
* Chapter 2: Repairing Biographies and Aligning Family Memories
* Chapter 3: Defeat Reconsidered: Heroes, Victims, and Perpetrators in
the Popular Media
* Chapter 4: Pedagogies of War and Peace: Teaching World War II to
Children
* Chapter 5: The Moral Recovery of Defeated Nations: A
Global-Comparative Look
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index