Popular Representations of the Past

The Case of Postwar Japan

Bibliographic Data

ID10072940
AuthorsNaoko Shimazu (Birkbeck College, University of London, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume38
Issue1
Pages101-116
Publication date2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022009403038001966
OpenAlexW2040614020
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This article examines the popular representations of the past in literature, film and television in postwar Japan, with the focus on the war. The main aim is to derive a general overview of how popular culture is affected by the politics of the present and the immediate past. In the process, light is shed on how postwar Japanese society attempted to cope with the war. Not surprisingly, popular representations of the past were highly sensitive to politics. \n(description taken from publisher's website: http://jch.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/38/1/101)

Ancient history · Asian Culture and Media Studies · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture

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