Ching Leo T. S. Ching

Anti-Japan (eBook, PDF)

The Politics of Sentiment in Postcolonial East Asia

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Produktbeschreibung

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 toward Japan throughout East Asia. Drawing on a mix of literature, film, testimonies, and popular culture, Ching shows how anti-Japanism stems from the failed efforts at decolonization and reconciliation, the Cold War and the ongoing U.S. military presence, and shifting geopolitical and economic conditions in the region. At the same time, pro-Japan sentiments in Taiwan reveal a Taiwanese desire to recoup that which was lost after the Japanese empire fell. Anti-Japanism, Ching contends, is less about Japan itself than it is about the real and imagined relationships between it and China, Korea, and Taiwan. Advocating for forms of healing that do not depend on state-based diplomacy, Ching suggests that reconciliation requires that Japan acknowledge and take responsibility for its imperial history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781478003359
• Artikelnr.: 56912225

Autorenporträt

Leo T. S. Ching

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. Anti-Japanism (and Pro-Japanism) in East Asia  1
1. When Bruce Lee Meets Gojira: Transimperial Characters, Anti-Japanism,
Anti-Americanism, and the Failure of Decolonization  19
2. "Japanese Devils": The Conditions and Limits of Anti-Japanism in China 
36
3. Shameful Bodies, Bodily Shame: "Comfort Women" and Anti-Japanism in
South Korea  57
4. Colonial Nostalgia or Postcolonial Anxiety: The D¿san Generation
In-Between "Retrocession" and "Defeat"  80
5. "In the Name of Love": Critical Regionalism and Co-Viviality in
Post-East Asia  98
6. Reconciliation Otherwise: Intimacy, Indigeneity, and the Taiwan
Difference  115
Epilogue. From Anti-Japanism to Decolonizing Democracy: Youth Protests in
East Asia  132
Notes  143
References  153
Index  161