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Dominant Narratives of Colonial Hokkaido and Imperial Japan : Envisioning the Periphery and the Modern Nation-State / by M. Mason.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mason, Michele.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature.
- Literature, Modern--20th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- Oriental literature.
- Literature--History and criticism.
- World Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Asian Literature.
- Literary History.
- Local Subjects:
- World Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Asian Literature.
- Literary History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Recasts the commonly dismissed colonial project pursued in Hokkaido during the Meiji era (1868-1912) as a major force in the production of modern Japan's national identity, imperial ideology, and empire.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Peripheral visions: reimagining colonial Hokkaido
- Harvesting history: modern narratives for patriotic pioneers and the imperial military
- Writing Ainu out: the nature of Japanese colonialism in Hokkaido
- Penal colonies and political protest: narrating the transformation of national identity and literature
- A pantheon of promises: fantasies of freedom and capitalist dreams
- Contested sites of an enduring colonial past.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349450251
- 1349450251
- 9781137330888
- 1137330880
- 9781283947527
- 1283947528
- OCLC:
- 822223332
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