Research Catalog

Title

Nihon no nagai sengo : haisen no kioku, torauma wa dō kataritsugarete iru ka / Hashimoto Akiko ; Yamaoka Yumi yaku.

Author

Hashimoto, Akiko, 1952-

Publication

Tōkyō : Misuzu Shobō, 2017.

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Details

Description

xii, 200, lvi pages; 20 cm

Summary

"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."--Description from Oxford University Press.

Uniform Title

Long defeat. Japanese

Alternative Title

• Long defeat : cultural trauma, memory, and identity in Japan
• Long defeat.

Subjects

• Collective memory
• National characteristics, Japanese
• Collective memory > Japan
• World War (1939-1945)
• World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Japan
• Social aspects
• Nationalism and collective memory > Japan
• 1939-1945
• Japan
• Group identity > Japan

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xvi-xxxiii (3rd group)) and index.

ISBN

• 9784622086215
• 4622086212

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library