Excavating the Power of Memory in Japan

Excavating the power of memory offers a succinct examination of how memory is constructed, embedded and disseminated in contemporary Japanese society. It brings together in one volume intriguing cases of the role of memory in Okinawa, the International Criminal Court, the letters of Kamikaze pilots, and Japanese fishing communities.

Author: Glenn D. Hook
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/04/2018
Pages: 126
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.27d
ISBN: 9780367023904

About the Author

Glenn D. Hook is Toshiba International Foundation Anniversary Research Professor in the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK. His recent publications include Regional risk and security in Japan: Whither the everyday (co-author, Routledge, 2015) and Japan's International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security, third edition, (co-author, Routledge, 2012).