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remapping World War II monuments in greater China
xiv, 415 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
This book explores five cases of monument and public commemorative space related to World War II in contemporary China (Mainland), Hong Kong and Taiwan, all of which were built either prior to or right after the end of the war and their physical existence still remains. Through the study on the monuments, the project illustrates past and ongoing controversies and contestations over Chinese nation, sovereignty, modernism and identity. Despite their historical affinities, the three societies in question, namely, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, vary in their own ways of telling, remembering and forgetting World War II. These divergences are not only rooted in their different political circumstances and social experiences, but also in their current competitions, confrontations and integrations. This book will be of great interest to historians, sinologists and analysts of new Asian nationalism.
Introduction -- Between iconic image and (artificial) ruins : Shanghai Sihang Warehouse and WWII memory in China -- (Forgotten) landscape of war memories and public space in (post) colonial city : Hong Kong's Cenotaph and beyond -- Imagining imaginarium in Taipei : from Taiwan jinja to National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine -- The monument that became a public toilet : the New 1st Army Cemetery in Guangzhou -- Renaming monument, rewriting history : Chongqing's War Victory Stele/Liberation Stele -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references and index.