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Anti-Japan : the politics of sentiment in postcolonial East Asia /

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Although the Japanese empire rapidly dissolved following the end of World War II, the memories, mourning, and trauma of the nation's imperial exploits continue to haunt Korea, China, and Taiwan. In Anti-Japan Leo T.S. Ching traces the complex dynamics that shape persisting negative attitudes to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ching, Leo T. S., 1962- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Influence.
Nationalism > Japan > History.
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
East Asia > Relations > Japan.
Japan > Relations > East Asia.
East Asia > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > East Asia.
Japan > Foreign public opinion, East Asian.
United States > Foreign public opinion, East Asian.
History.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Influence.
Nationalisme > Japon > Histoire.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Histoire.
history (discipline)
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
History / Asia / Japan.
Imperialism
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
International relations
Nationalism
East Asia
Japan
United States
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • When Bruce Lee meets Gojira : transimperial characters, anti-Japanism, anti-Americanism, and the failure of decolonization
  • "Japanese devils" : the conditions and limits of anti-Japanism in China
  • Shameful bodies, bodily shame : "comfort women" and anti-Japanism in South Korea
  • Colonial nostalgia or postcolonial anxiety : the Dōsan generation in-between "retrocession" and "defeat"
  • "In the name of love" : critical regionalism and co-viviality in post-East Asia
  • Reconciliation otherwise : intimacy, indigeneity, and the Taiwan difference.