Heritage politics : Shuri Castle and Okinawa's incorporation into modern Japan, 1879-2000 / Tze May Loo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loo, Tze May, 1974- author.

Series:

AsiaWorld.

Asia World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection--Japan--Okinawa Island--History.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Political aspects--Japan--Okinawa Island--History.

Okinawa Island (Japan)--Colonization.

Okinawa Island (Japan).

Okinawa Island (Japan)--Relations--Japan.

Japan--Relations--Japan--Okinawa Island.

Japan.

Okinawa Island (Japan)--History--19th century.

Okinawa Island (Japan)--History--20th century.

Shurijō (Naha-shi, Japan)--History.

Shurijō (Naha-shi, Japan).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tze May Loo's Heritage Politics examines Okinawa's relationship with the Japanese nation-state from 1879 to 2000 through the lens of cultural heritage. This book is a study of the politics of cultural heritage: how the Japanese state and American occupation authorities used-and continue to use-heritage to govern Okinawa, and how Okinawans use it to negotiate, resist, and contest Japanese and American impositions of power.

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Of Ruptures and Returns: Okinawa in the Japanese National Imaginary; 2 Saving Shuri Castle: Itō Chūta and the Discovery of Okinawa's Cultural Heritage; 3 Remembering Okinawa Shrine; 4 Defining Cultural Heritage: The Mingei Movement and Okinawa; 5 Returns and Repetitions: The Uses of Okinawa's Cultural Heritage in the Postwar Period; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-8249-8

OCLC:

874323037