Lost histories : recovering the lives of Japan's colonial peoples / Kirsten L. Ziomek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ziomek, Kirsten L., author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 418.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 418

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ainu--Ethnic identity.

Ainu.

Ryukyuans--Ethnic identity.

Ryukyuans.

Micronesians--Ethnic identity.

Micronesians.

Taiwan aborigines--Ethnic identity.

Taiwan aborigines.

Japan--Colonies--Asia.

Japan.

Japan--Foreign relations--1868-1912.

Japan--Foreign relations--1912-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2019.

Summary:

"Examines material objects, visual imagery, and oral histories to help reconstruct the lives and movements of the four least examined groups of Japan's colonial subjects...the Ainu, Taiwan's indigenous people, Micronesians, and Okinawans...conveying the dynamic nature of an empire in motion and explaining how individuals navigated the variances of imperial life"...Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Boundaries of late Meiji colonial subjecthood

1. Colonial reality and subaltern subjectivity

2. Meeting the man on the other side

3. The paupers' grave at Margravine Cemetery

4. Welcome to the empire

Part II. Journeys between the metropole and the colonies

5. The taming of the barbarian and other savage love stories

6. Two coconuts and a bonito stick

Part III. Performing and living racial-alities

7. Creating space, dividing barriers

8. A mountain of bones.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781684175963

1684175968

OCLC:

1227051611

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684175963 DOI