Heritage politics : Shuri Castle and Okinawa's incorporation into modern Japan, 1879-2000 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Loo, Tze May, 1974- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
Series:	AsiaWorld.
Subjects:	Shurijō (Naha-shi, Japan) > History. Cultural property > Protection > Japan > Okinawa Island > History. Cultural property > Political aspects > Japan > Okinawa Island > History. Okinawa Island (Japan) > Colonization. Okinawa Island (Japan) > Relations > Japan. Japan > Relations > Japan > Okinawa Island. Okinawa Island (Japan) > History > 19th century. Okinawa Island (Japan) > History > 20th century. Shurijō (Naha-shi, Japan)

Table of Contents:

Of ruptures and returns : Okinawa in the Japanese national imaginary
Saving Shuri Castle : Ito Chota and the discovery of Okinawa's cultural heritage
Remembering Okinawa Shrine
Defining cultural heritage : the Mingei movement in Okinawa
Returns and repetitions : the uses of Okinawa's cultural heritage in the postwar period.