Northeast Asia’s Difficult Past Essays in Collective Memory
The problem of memory in China, Japan and Korea involves a surfeit rather than a deficit of memory, and the consequence of this excess is negative: unforgettable traumas prevent nations from coming to terms with the problems of the present. These compelling essays enrich Western scholarship by apply...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2010, 2010
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| Series: | Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The problem of memory in China, Japan and Korea involves a surfeit rather than a deficit of memory, and the consequence of this excess is negative: unforgettable traumas prevent nations from coming to terms with the problems of the present. These compelling essays enrich Western scholarship by applying to it insights derived from Asian settings |
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| Physical Description: | XIV, 276 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230277427 |