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Lost histories : recovering the lives of Japan's colonial peoples

Title
Lost histories : recovering the lives of Japan's colonial peoples / Kirsten L. Ziomek.
Author
Ziomek, Kirsten L.
Publication
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Description
xix, 406 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"Examines material objects, visual imagery, and oral histories to help reconstruct the lives and movements of the four least examined groups of Japan's colonial subjects--the Ainu, Taiwan's indigenous people, Micronesians, and Okinawans--conveying the dynamic nature of an empire in motion and explaining how individuals navigated the variances of imperial life"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 418
Uniform Title
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 418.
Subjects
Note
  • Based on the author's thesis, issued under the title: Subaltern speak : imperial multiplicities in Japan's empire and post-war colonialisms ( Ph. D.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2011).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-400) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Part I. Boundaries of late Meiji colonial subjecthood. Colonial reality and subaltern subjectivity -- Meeting the man on the other side -- The paupers' grave at Margravine Cemetery -- Welcome to the empire -- Part II. Journeys between the metropole and the colonies. The taming of the barbarian and other savage love stories -- Two coconuts and a bonito stick -- Part III. Performing and living racial-alities. Dividing space, creating barriers -- A mountain of bones -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 19-4168
ISBN
  • 9780674237278
  • 0674237277
  • 9780674237285
  • 0674237285
LCCN
  • 2018034043
  • 40028966768
OCLC
1053147928
Author
Ziomek, Kirsten L., author.
Title
Lost histories : recovering the lives of Japan's colonial peoples / Kirsten L. Ziomek.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 418
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 418.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-400) and index.
Chronological Term
1868-1945
Other Editions:
Revision of: Ziomek, Kirsten Laurie. Subaltern speak. [Santa Barbara, Calif.] : University of California, Santa Barbara, 2011 9781124990644 (OCoLC)778846735
Other Standard Identifier
40028966768
Research Call Number
JFE 19-4168
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