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Memories of the Japanese Empire

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The contributors to this book examine and compare the colonial and decolonisation experiences of people in Taiwan and Nan’y? Gunt? – Micronesia – who underwent periods of rule by the Greater Japanese Empire. Early anthropological theory of Western imperialist countries focused on transforming 'savage' cultures by ruling in a high-handed manner. When Japan asserted its hegemony through sudden colonisation, its culture was perceived as inferior to the civilisation indices previously experienced by those it ruled. How did these ruled nations construct their cultural and historical awareness in areas where the strategic design of Japan’s 'civilising mission' was not convincing? After the end of World War II many emerging countries in the Third World achieved independence through various negotiations or struggles with their former colonial powers and built new relationships with their erstwhile rulers. However, after Japan’s defeat, Taiwan and Nan’y? Gunt? became ruled by new foreign governments. How did Japan’s reign and transplanted Japanese culture affect the formation of historical awareness and cultural construction of present-day communities in these two regions? This book provides a fascinating ethnographic insight into the effects of empire and colonisation on the historic imagination, which will be of great interest to historical anthropologists of Taiwan, Japan, and the Pacific.

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ISBN: 9780367677466
Publication date: 9th July 2021
Author: Yuko (Keio University, Japan) Mio
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 204 pages
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Genres: Colonialism and imperialism
Asian history
National liberation and independence
Anthropology