Image, Imagination and Imaginarium: Remapping World War II Monuments in Greater China

by Lu Pan

Book Overview

This book explores five cases of monument and public commemorative space related to World War II (WWII) in contemporary China (Mainland), Hong Kong and Taiwan, all of which were built either prior to or right after the end of the War and their physical existence still remains. Through the study on the monuments, the project illustrates past and ongoing controversies and contestations over Chinese nation, sovereignty, modernism and identity. Despite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811596735
• ISBN13: 9789811596735
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"