Bodies of Memory Narratives of War in Postwar Japanese Culture, 1945-1970

Name: Bodies of Memory Narratives of War in Postwar Japanese Culture, 1945-1970
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ISBN: 9780691049120

ISBN-10: 0691049122

ISBN-13: 9780691049120

Edition: 2000

Authors: Yoshikuni Igarashi

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Japan and the United States became close political allies so quickly after the end of World War II, that it seemed as though the two countries had easily forgotten the war they had fought. Here Yoshikuni Igarashi offers a provocative look at how Japanese postwar society struggled to understand its war loss and the resulting national trauma, even as forces within the society sought to suppress these memories. Igarashi argues that Japan's nationhood survived the war's destruction in part through a popular culture that expressed memories of loss and devastation more readily than political discourse ever could. He shows how the desire to represent the past motivated Japan's cultural productions…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/30/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Bomb, Hirohito, and History: The Foundamental Narrative of Postwar Relations between Japan and United States



The Age of the Body



A Nation that Never Is: Cultural Discourse on Japanese Uniqeness



Naming the Unnameable



From the Anti-Security Treaty Movement to the Tokoyo Olympics: Transforming the Body, the Metropolis, and Memory



Re-Presenting Trauma in Late-1960s Japan


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index