Memory And History In East And Southeast Asia

Author : Gerrit W. Gong
Publisher : CSIS
ISBN 13 : 9780892063994
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memory and History in East and Southeast Asia written by Gerrit W. Gong and published by CSIS. This book was released on 2001 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What individuals and countries remember and what they forget, and why, tell much about their current values, perceptions, and even aspirations. In this volume international specialists and practitioners from Europe, Asia, and the United States illuminate through sometimes-conflicting interpretations the issues of "remembering and forgetting" that are shaping today's strategic alignments in East and Southeast Asia. The analysis covers how Japan, South and North Korea, China, Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, and the United States use memory and history to define their national sense of self and structure their international relations.

Author : Kwok Kian-Woon
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9971695065
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contestations of Memory in Southeast Asia written by Kwok Kian-Woon and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contestations of Memory in Southeast Asia applies a new theoretical literature on social memory to remembered events in Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. Highlighting connections between theorizing based on European examples and unresolved memory issues in East and Southeast Asia, the authors show how comparative study of the interpenetration of politics and lived bodily experience, of communal and personal memories, and of dominant and suppressed narratives, can yield insights into the human potential to become either perpetrators, victims or bystanders. The memories found within different groups in any society are open to negotiation, suppression, contestation, or revision in the ever-evolving politics of the present. The searching and close-grained analyses of contemporary issues found in the volume vividly illustrate the essentially plural and multivocal nature of social memories, and demonstrate the intricate connection between transnational, national and sub-national politics. Readers seeking a more nuanced and complex understanding of the past and of its continued relevance to the present and future, will find here much food for thought.

Author : K. Loh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137311673
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oral History in Southeast Asia written by K. Loh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the presence of the past as a point of departure, this books explores three critical themes in Southeast Asian oral history: the relationship between oral history and official histories produced by nation-states; the nature of memories of violence; and intersections between oral history, oral tradition, and heritage discourses.

Author : Chieh-Hsiang Wu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000599191
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultures of Memory in Asia written by Chieh-Hsiang Wu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of works by Asian scholars looking at different ways in which relatively recent traumas have been memorialized in their various countries, often while the traumas themselves are ongoing, or the memories of them contested. Memory studies typically focuses on the study of memorialization after traumatic incidents are overcome, in Asia, however, the past and the present remain closely intertwined. Between the legacies of the Japanese Empire, the respective suppressions by the Kuomintang and the People’s Republic of China, and the ongoing protests in much of Southeast Asia against oppressive governments and laws, memorialization is occurring while the histories are still being contested. The contributors to this book are Asian scholars examining the memorializing of events in the countries of Asia, including China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand and the Philippines, using local language sources. They look at a broad range of media of memorialization, encompassing statues, cemeteries, testimonial literature, and film among others. An insightful resource for scholars of memory and cultural studies, as well as those of twentieth and twenty-first century Asian history.

Author : Mark R. Frost
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429632568
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering Asia's World War Two written by Mark R. Frost and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past four decades, East and Southeast Asia have seen a proliferation of heritage sites and remembrance practices which commemorate the region’s bloody conflicts of the period 1931–45. Remembering Asia’s World War Two examines the origins, dynamics, and repercussions of this regional war “memory boom”. The book analyzes the politics of war commemoration in contemporary East and Southeast Asia. Featuring contributions from leading international scholars, the chapters span China, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore, covering topics such as the commemoration of the Japanese military’s “comfort women” system, forms of "dark tourism" or commemorative pilgrimages (e.g. veterans’ tours to wartime battlefields), and the establishment and evolution of various war-related heritage sites and museums. Case studies reveal the distinctive trajectories of new and newly discovered forms of remembrance within and across national boundaries. They highlight the growing influence of non-state actors over representations of conflict and occupation, as well as the increasingly interconnected and transnational character of memory-making. Taken together, the studies collected here demonstrate that across much of Asia the public commemoration of the wars of 1931–45 has begun to shift from portraying them as a series of national conflicts with distinctive local meanings to commemorating the conflict as a common pan-Asian, or even global, experience. Focusing on non-textual vehicles for public commemoration and considering both the local and international dimensions of war commemoration within, Remembering Asia’s World War Two will be a crucial reference for students and scholars of History, Memory Studies, and Heritage Studies, as well as all those interested in the history, politics, and culture of contemporary Asia.

Author : Kian Woon Kwok
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789971696214
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contestations of Memory in Southeast Asia written by Kian Woon Kwok and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contestations of Memory in Southeast Asia applies a new theoretical literature on social memory to remembered eveents in Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. Highlighting connections between theorizing based on European examples and unresolved memory issues in East and Southeast Asia, the authors show how comparative study of the interpenetration of politics and lived bodily experience, of communal and personal memories, and of dominant and suppressed narratives, can yield insights into the human potential to become either perpetrators, victims or bystanders. The memories found within different groups in any society are open to negotiation, suppression, contestation, or revision in the ever-evolving politics of the present. The searching and close-grained analyses of contemporary issues found in the volume vividly illustrate the essentially plural and multivocal nature of social memories, and demonstrate the intricate connection between transnational, national and sub-national politics. Readers seeking a more nuanced and complex understanding of the past and of its continued relevance to the present and future, will find here much food for thought.

Author : Mark Pavlick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781608463237
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U. S. War Crimes in Indochina written by Mark Pavlick and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exposes the horrifying criminality of United States policy in Indochina during the Vietnam war.

Author : Gi-Wook Shin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113683091X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History Textbooks and the Wars in Asia written by Gi-Wook Shin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past fifteen years Northeast Asia has witnessed growing intraregional exchanges and interactions, especially in the realms of culture and economy. Still, the region cannot escape from the burden of history. This book examines the formation of historical memory in four Northeast Asian societies (China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan) and the United States focusing on the period from the beginning of the Sino-Japanese war in 1931 until the formal conclusion of the Pacific War with the San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1951. The contributors analyse the recent efforts of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese scholars to write a ‘common history’ of Northeast Asia and question the underlying motivations for their efforts and subsequent achievements. In doing so, they contend that the greatest obstacle to reconciliation in Northeast Asia lies in the existence of divided, and often conflicting, historical memories. The book argues that a more fruitful approach lies in understanding how historical memory has evolved in each country and been incorporated into respective master narratives. Through uncovering the existence of different master narratives, it is hoped, citizens will develop a more self-critical, self-reflective approach to their own history and that such an introspective effort has the potential to lay the foundation for greater self- and mutual understanding and eventual historical reconciliation in the region. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Asian history, Asian education and international relations in East Asia.

Author : Liew Kai Khiun
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1783484381
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transnational Memory and Popular Culture in East and Southeast Asia written by Liew Kai Khiun and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the memories generated and histories constructed by the transnational circulation of popular media texts amongst East Asia and between East and Southeast Asia. It looks at the impact of nostalgia and heritage within popular culture over the decades.

Author : Kai Khiun Liew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783484379
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transnational Memory and Popular Culture in East and Southeast Asia written by Kai Khiun Liew and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the memories generated and histories constructed by the transnational circulation of popular media texts amongst East Asia and between East and Southeast Asia. It looks at the impact of nostalgia and heritage within popular culture over the decades.