Reading colonial Japan : text, context, and critique / / edited by Michele M. Mason and Helen J.S. Lee

• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Disciplina: 325/.352
• Soggetto topico: Japanese literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Japanese literature; Colonies in literature; Imperialism in literature
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Colonies History; Japan Foreign relations
• Altri autori: MasonMichele LeeHelen J. S. <1968->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The shores of the Sorachi River / Kunikida Doppo ; translation by Michele M. Mason -- Writing Ainu out, writing Japanese in : the "nature" of Japanese colonialism in Hokkaido / Michele M. Mason -- Hokkaido Former Natives Protection Law / translation by Richard Siddle -- Rule in the name of "protection" : the vocabulary of colonialism / Komori Yoichi ; translation by Michele M. Mason -- Officer Ukuma / Ikemiyagi Sekiho ; translation by Davinder L. Bhowmik -- Subaltern identity in Okinawa / Davinder L. Bhowmik -- Demon bird / Sato Haruo ; translation by Robert Tierney -- Violence, borders, identity : an ethnographic narrative set in colonial Taiwan / Robert Tierney -- The manual of home cuisine / The Women's Division of the Green Flag Association ; translation by Helen J.S. Lee -- Eating for the emperor : the nationalization of settler homes and bodies in the Kominka Era / Helen J.S. Lee -- Wolf forest, basket forest, and thief forest / Miyazawa Kenji ; translation by Kota Inoue -- A little story of settler colonialism : imperialist consciousness and children's literature in the 1920s / Kota Inoue -- Manchu girl / Koizumi Kikue ; translation by Kimberly T. Kono -- Imperializing motherhood : the education of a "Manchu girl" in colonial Manchuria / Kimberly T. Kono -- The adventures of Dankichi / Shimada Keizo ; translation by Helen J.S. Lee -- Popular orientalism and Japanese views of Asia / Kawamura Minato ; translation by Kota Inoue and Helen J.S. Lee.
• Sommario/riassunto: By any measure, Japan's modern empire was formidable. The only major non-western colonial power in the 20th century, Japan controlled a vast area of Asia and numerous archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean. The massive extraction of resources and extensive cultural assimilation policies radically impacted the lives of millions of Asians and Micronesians, and the political, economic, and cultural ramifications of this era are still felt today.The Japanese empire lasted from 1869-1945. During this time, how was the Japanese imperial project understood, imagined, and lived? Reading Co
• Titolo autorizzato: Reading colonial Japan
• ISBN: 0-8047-8159-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823577703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II