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Japan's Contested War Memories: The 'Memory Rifts' in Historical Consciousness of World War II

✍ Scribed by Philip A. Seaton

Publisher
Taylor and Francis; Routledge
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Leaves
258
Series
Routledge contemporary Japan series
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

This is an important and significant book that explores the struggles within modern Japanese society to come to terms with Second World War history.


Abstract:
Explores the struggles within contemporary Japanese society to come to terms with Second World War history. Analyzing the variety of ways in which the Japanese people narrate, contest and interpret  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Historical consciousness in contemporary Japan --
The 'long postwar' --
'Addressing the past' --
The war as a current affairs issue --
August commemorations --
History and ideology --
War stories --
Regional memories --
War and the family.

✦ Subjects

Japan;History;1945-;War and society;Japan;World War, 1939-1945;Social aspects;Japan;Politics and war;Japan;Japon;Histoire;1945-;Guerre et société;Japon;Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945;Aspect social;Japon;Politique et guerre;Japon;HISTORY;Military;World War II;Politics and war;Social aspects;War and society;Japan;Kollektives Gedächtnis;Weltkrieg;Medien

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