Reading Colonial Japan Text, Context, and Critique

Name: Reading Colonial Japan Text, Context, and Critique
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ISBN: 9780804776974

ISBN-10: 0804776970

ISBN-13: 9780804776974

Edition: 2012

Authors: Michele Mason, Helen Lee

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By any measure, Japan's modern empire was formidable. The only major non-western colonial power in the 20th century, Japan controlled a vast area of Asia and numerous archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean. The massive extraction of resources and extensive cultural assimilation policies radically impacted the lives of millions of Asians and Micronesians, and the political, economic, and cultural ramifications of this era are still felt today.The Japanese empire lasted from 1869-1945. During this time, how was the Japanese imperial project understood, imagined, and lived?Reading Colonial Japanis a unique anthology that aims to deepen knowledge of Japanese colonialism(s) by providing an eclectic…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 3/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Contributors


Acknowledgments


Note on Japanese Namesxv


Introduction






The Shores of the Sorachi,River



Context/Critique Writing Ainu Out/Writing Japanese In: The "Nature" of Japanese Colonialism in Hokkaido






Hokkaido Former Natives Protection Law



Context/Critique Rule in the Name of "Protection": The Vocabulary of Colonialism






Officer Ukuma



Context/Critique Subaltern Identity in Okinawa






Demon Bird



Context/Critique Violence, Borders, Identity: An Ethnographic Narrative Set in ColonialTaiwan






The Manual of Home Cuisine The Women's Division of the Green Flag Association



Context/Critique Eating for the Emperor: The Nationalization of Setder Homes and Bodies in the Kominka Era






Wolf Forest, Basket Forest, and Thief Forest



Context/Critique A Little Story of Settler Colonialism: Imperialist Consciousness and Children's Literature in the 1920s






Manchu Girl



Context/Critique Imperializing Motherhood: The Education of a "Manchu Girl" in Colonial Manchuria