Heritage Politics - Shuri Castle and Okinawas Incorporation Into Modern Japan, 18792000

Informationen zum Autor Tze May Loo is assistant professor of history and international studies at the University of Richmond. Klappentext Tze May Loo's HeritagePolitics examines Okinawa’s relationship with the Japanese nation-state from 1879 to 2000 through the lens of cultural heritage. This book is a study of the politics of cultural heritage: how the Japanese state and American occupation authorities used—and continue to use—heritage to govern Okinawa, and how Okinawans use it to negotiate, resist, and contest Japanese and American impositions of power. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: Of Ruptures and Returns: Okinawa in the Japanese national imaginaryChapter 2: Saving Shuri Castle: It¿ Ch¿ta and the discovery of Okinawa's cultural heritageChapter 3: Remembering Okinawa ShrineChapter 4: Defining Cultural Heritage: the Mingei movement in OkinawaChapter 5: Returns and Repetitions: the uses of Okinawa's cultural heritage in the postwar periodConclusion

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tze May Loo
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 14.03.2014
• EAN: 9780739182482
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8248-2
• Seiten: 222
• Serie: AsiaWorld
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > 20. Jahrhundert (bis 1945); Japan, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, International Relations, c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, Asian History, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Asian Studies