Hashimoto, Akiko, 1952-

The long defeat : cultural trauma, memory, and identity in Japan / Akiko Hashimoto. - xii, 192 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-178) and index.

Acknowledgements -- Cultural memory in a fallen nation -- Repairing biographies and aligning family memories -- Defeat reconsidered : heroes, victims, & perpetrators in the popular media -- Pedagogies of war and peace : teaching World War II to children -- The moral recovery of defeated nations : a global-comparative look -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

9780190239152 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780190239169 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2014039666


World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Japan.
Collective memory--Japan.
Nationalism and collective memory--Japan.
Group identity--Japan.
National characteristics, Japanese.

D744.7.J3 / H37 2015

952.04 / HAS