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Confronting the Hauntological Cycle of De- And Re-Commemorating the Statue of Peace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7473330 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chloe Minkyoung Kwak (University of Connecticut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/apj.2025.10035 |
| OpenAlex | W7131670504 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
This article examines the replication of the Statue of Peace as a form of civic resistance and re-commemoration in response to the Japanese government’s efforts at de-commemoration. It advances three central arguments. First, replication functions as re-commemoration that resists state-led erasure of the “comfort women” memory. Second, this process constitutes a hauntological cycle, in which attempts to suppress unresolved memories only intensify their return. Third, both state and civic actors must embrace these haunting memories as enduring presences. The study draws on Derridean hauntology and case studies to support this framework
Erasure · Replication (statistics) · Resistance (ecology) · State (computer science) · Statue · Verisimilitude · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Japanese History and Culture · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
Japan’s ‘Comfort Women’ And Historical Memory
Curating and Re-Curating the American Wars in Vietnam and Iraq
The Politics of Haunting and Memory in International Relations
The Girl Statue of Peace〉 in South Korea and Post-Truth Politics
Memorials’ politics
Vernacular de-commemoration
The counter-monument as mnemonic device
Comfort women must fall’? Japanese governmental responses to ‘comfort women’ statues around the world
Enforced reconciliation without justice
The 2015 South Korean–Japanese Agreement on ‘Comfort Women’
Historical legacies and the political mobilization of national nostalgia
Commemorating migrant camps
The Battle of Representations
Visualising Korea
Creating a Collective Memory of the Comfort Women in the USA
Make It Till You Break It
"The Korean "Comfort Women
The Sonyŏsang Phenomenon
Far-right movements in the Western world
Historical Ownership and Territorial Disputes
Right-Wing Populist Leaders, Nationalist Rhetoric, and Dispute Initiation in International Politics
Memorializing Comfort Women
Collective Memory and Cultural Difference
Hauntology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |