"This book examines civic activism to conserve dark heritage built by the colonial and wartime labor regime in contemporary Japan.Introducing and analyzing local organizations and their activities in multiple locations throughout Japan, this book looks at the ways in which the Japanese have rem...

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1. Verfasser:	Han, Chŏng-sŏn 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2024
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge contemporary Japan series 115
Schlagworte:	1939-1945 Kollektives Gedächtnis Koreaner Rüstungsindustrie Zweiter Weltkrieg Zwangsarbeit Japan World War, 1939-1945 / Monuments / Japan Memorialization / Japan World War, 1939-1945 / Atrocities / Japan World War, 1939-1945 / Conscript labor / Japan World War, 1939-1945 / Conscript labor / Asia World War, 1939-1945 / Prisoners and prisons, Japanese Forced labor / Japan / History / 20th century Collective memory / Japan Koreans / Japan / History / 20th century Dark tourism
Zusammenfassung:	"This book examines civic activism to conserve dark heritage built by the colonial and wartime labor regime in contemporary Japan.Introducing and analyzing local organizations and their activities in multiple locations throughout Japan, this book looks at the ways in which the Japanese have remembered, negotiated, and re-experienced their wartime past. Drawing insights from disciplines including critical heritage studies, social movements, the history of colonialism, imperialism, and decolonization, the book brings into focus the Japanese civic activism which confronts the legacies of the wartime labor regime operated throughout the colonial empire. By tracing the formation of grassroots movements to conserve war-related sites throughout Japan, it argues that reclaiming places for plural war memories bequeathed by colonial empire has been pivotal in creating public spaces for civic activism attentive to identities and differences in contemporary Japan.Delving into the multilayered connections between the memories of imperial wars, colonial empire, and place-based politics in postwar Japan, this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of colonialism, heritage studies and Japanese history."
Beschreibung:	152 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:	9781032583358 9781032583709