The Japanese and the War: From Expectation to Memory

by Michael Lucken

Memories of World War II exert a powerful influence over Japan's culture and society. In The Japanese and the War, Michael Lucken details how World War II manifested in the literature, art, film, funerary practices, and education reform of the time. Concentrating on the years immediately before and after (1937 to 1952), Lucken explores the creation of an idea of Japanese identity that still resonates in everything from soap operas to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023117702X
• ISBN13: 9780231177023
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"