Perspectives on Social Memory in Japan

ISBN 10: 1901903249 / ISBN 13: 9781901903249

Edité par Brill, 2005

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The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Perspectives on Social Memory in Japan
• Éditeur: Brill
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1901903249
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781901903249
• Reliure: Hardback
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Poids: 458 grammes

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Synopsis

This collection of essays represents the first interdisciplinary study in English to consider social memory in Japan across a wide range of issues and phenomena. Unlike previous studies which have focused on isolated issues, especially Second World War events, this volume examines in depth a variety of memorialization subjects, including music and poetry, artefacts and tools, oral testimonies and written documents, stones and performances, rivers and earthquakes, ritual and ceremonies as well as art and artists. In addition to valuable insights into the social and cultural life of the Japanese, its contextualized analysis and rich narrative provide a basis for the comparative study of collective memory-making. The chapters are thematically grouped as 'Remembering the Dead', 'Art of Memory' and 'Nature Remembered'.

À propos de l?auteur

Tsu Yun Hui teaches Japanese history and culture in the Department of Japanese Studies, the National University of Singapore. He is interested in the Chinese in Japan, Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, Japan's "southward expansion" and the environment in modern Japan.
Jan van Bremen worked in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam before joining the Center for Japanese and Korean Studies in Leiden University in 1987. His specializations are anthropology, folklore studies, intellectual history, religion and society in Japan.
Eyal Ben-Ari is a member of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His many interests include Japanese culture and society, early childhood education in Japan, social and cultural aspects of the military, the anthropology of organizations and the sociology of anthropology.