Northeast Asia’s Difficult Past
Essays in Collective Memory
Mikyoung Kim editor B Schwartz editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:30th Jun '10
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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.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.
'A landmark volume - destined to be a classic in the expanding field of memory studies.'
- James V. Wertsch, Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts and Sciences and Director, McDonnell International Scholars Academy, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
ISBN: 9781349314850
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276 pages
1st ed. 2010