The Japanese and the war : from expectation to memory

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Label

The Japanese and the war : from expectation to memory

Title remainder

from expectation to memory

Statement of responsibility

Michael Lucken ; translated by Karen Grimwade

Title variation

• Japanese and World War 2
• Japanese and World War Two

Creator

• Lucken, Michael

Author

• Lucken, Michael

Subject

• Collective memory
• Collective memory -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• Historiography
• History
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Intellectual life
• Japan
• Japan -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• Japan -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• Memory -- Social aspects
• Memory -- Social aspects -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
• Social conditions
• War and society
• War and society -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
• World War (1939-1945)
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Historiography
• 1900-1999

Genre

• Electronic books
• Electronic book
• History

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

"This book examines the culture and society of Japan primarily during the years immediately before and after WWII (1937-1952), but it also reaches back to the 1920s and even touches upon events as recent as the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In doing so, Lucken argues that the ways of remembering WWII continue to define the present in Japan and elsewhere. His cultural focus includes not just literature and art, but topics such as propaganda films, clothing restrictions, and educational reform, with a particular emphasis on representations and ideas transmitted through mass media. The most important aspect of the study is the use of Japanese-language sources which have not always been adequately used in Western historical studies of the period. The argument which emerges is that the historiography and cultural memory of the era in Japan has been distorted by English-language, mostly U.S., scholarship. This approach also leads to a reexamination of the US occupation, among other events, while still keeping the cultural issues at the forefront"--Provided by publisher

Member of

• Asia perspectives
• Japonais et la guerre

Cataloging source

IDEBK

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Language note

Translated from the French

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Asia perspectives : history, society, and culture