Camp Life is Paradise for Freddy - A Childhood in the Dutch East Indies, 1933–1946

In this lyrical but controversial memoir of his childhood in a Japanese internment camp for Dutch colonialists during World War II, Lanzing enlivens ongoing discussions of the politics of memory and the powerful-if contentious-contributions that subjective accounts make to historiography and the legacies of the past.

Summary

In this lyrical but controversial memoir of his childhood in a Japanese internment camp for Dutch colonialists during World War II, Lanzing enlivens ongoing discussions of the politics of memory and the powerful—if contentious—contributions that subjective accounts make to historiography and the legacies of the past.

Product details

• Authors: Fred Lanzing
• Assisted by: Marjolijn de Jager (Translation), Marjolijn Jager (Translation), Marjolijn de Jager (Translation)
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780896803084
• ISBN: 978-0-89680-308-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 141 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 212 g
• Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series; Ohio Ris Southeast Asia; Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series; Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies