Anti-Japan : the politics of sentiment in postcolonial East Asia / Leo Ching.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ching, Leo T. S., 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Influence.

World War, 1939-1945.

Nationalism--Japan--History.

Nationalism.

Imperialism--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

East Asia--Relations--Japan.

East Asia.

Japan--Relations--East Asia.

Japan.

East Asia--Relations--United States.

United States--Relations--East Asia.

United States.

Japan--Foreign public opinion, East Asian.

United States--Foreign public opinion, East Asian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC Duke University Press 2019

Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Leo T. S. Ching is Associate Professor of Japanese and East Asian Cultural Studies at Duke University and author of Becoming "Japanese": Colonial Taiwan and the Politics of Identity Formation.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

When Bruce Lee meets Gojira : transimperial characters, anti-Japanism, anti-Americanism, and the failure of decolonization

"Japanese devils" : the conditions and limits of anti-Japanism in China

Shameful bodies, bodily shame : "comfort women" and anti-Japanism in South Korea

Colonial nostalgia or postcolonial anxiety : the Dōsan generation in-between "retrocession" and "defeat"

"In the name of love" : critical regionalism and co-viviality in post-East Asia

Reconciliation otherwise : intimacy, indigeneity, and the Taiwan difference.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781478090014

1478090014

9781478003359

1478003359

OCLC:

1126206519

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv113166n

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access