Sovereignty and authenticity : Manchukuo and the East Asian modern / Prasenjit Duara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duara, Prasenjit.

Series:

State and society in East Asia

State and society in East Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--East Asia.

Nationalism.

Imperialism.

Manchuria (China)--Politics and government.

Manchuria (China).

Manchuria (China)--History--1931-1945.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

In this powerful and provocative book, Prasenjit Duara uses the intriguing case of Manchukuo--the Japanese puppet state in northeast China from 1932-1945--to explore how such antinomies as imperialism and nationalism, modernity and tradition, and governmentality and exploitation interacted in the post-World War I period. He argues that Manchukuo, as a transparently constructed nation-state, offers a unique historical laboratory for examining the utilization and transformation of circulating global forces mediated by the East Asian modern. With its sweepingly original theoretical and comparative perspectives on nationalism and imperialism, this book will be essential reading for all those interested in contemporary history.

Contents:

Part I Comparative and Historical Perspectives 7

Chapter 1 Imperialism and Nationalism in the Twentieth Century 9

Chapter 2 Manchukuo: A Historical Overview 41

Part II Civilization and Sovereignty 87

Chapter 3 Asianism and the New Discourse of Civilization 89

Chapter 4 Embodying Civilization: Women and the Figure of Tradition within Modernity 131

Part III The Authenticity of Spaces 171

Chapter 5 Imperial Nationalism and the Frontier 179

Chapter 6 Local Worlds: The Poetics and Politics of the Native Place 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-292) and index.

ISBN:

0742525775

OCLC:

50755038