Image, imagination and imaginarium : remapping World War II monuments in greater China /
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 monu...
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- 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.