Japanese and the War - Expectation, Perception, and the Shaping of Memory

Japanese memories of World War II exert a powerful influence over the nation's society and culture. Michael Lucken explores how the war manifested in literature, art, film, funerary practices, and education reform, creating an idea of Japanese identity that still resonates from soap operas to the response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Summary

Japanese memories of World War II exert a powerful influence over the nation’s society and culture. Michael Lucken explores how the war manifested in literature, art, film, funerary practices, and education reform, creating an idea of Japanese identity that still resonates from soap operas to the response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Lucken, Michael/ Grimwade Lucken, Lucken Michael
• Assisted by: Karen Grimwade (Translation), Grimwade Karen (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780231177023
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17702-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture; Asia Perspectives: History, So; Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / Historiography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Historiography, Second World War, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General