| Description |
1 online resource ([xiv], 242 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction / Japan's tug of war after the Russo-Japanese War / Facing a dilemma : Japan's Jewish policy in the late 1930s / Ethnicity and gender in the wartime Japanese revue theatre / 'The terrible weapon of the gravely injured' : Mishima Yukio's literature and the war / Reenacting a failed revolution : the February 26 Incident in theatre and film, 1960-1980 / Imperial Japan and its POWs : the dilemma of humaneness and national identity / Japan's defeat in the Second World War : the cultural dimension / Jewish scientists, Jewish ethics and the making of the atomic bomb / The memory of the Second World War and the essence of 'New Japan' : the parliamentary debate over Japan's democratic constitution / Lives divided in the Second World War : the individual and the master narrative of war / Sadako Sasaki and Anne Frank : myths in Japanese and Israeli memory of the Second World War / Death and the Japanese Self-Defence Forces : anticipation, deployment and cultural scripts / A fragile balance between 'normalization' and the revival of nationalistic sentiments / The effect of Japanese colonial brutality on shaping Korean identity : an analysis of a prison turned memorial site in Seoul / Guy Podoler -- Ian Nish -- Naoki Maruyama -- Jennifer Robertson -- Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit -- David G. Goodman -- Rotem Kowner -- Mark Peattie -- Meron Medzini -- Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti -- Harumi Befu -- Roni Sarig -- Eyal Ben-Ari -- Mariko Tsujita -- Guy Podoler |
| Summary |
A considerable amount of writing has been published on Japan at war in the Second World War, and more recently scholars have been revisiting the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5; whereas this volume strives to examine Japan's twentieth-century approach to war and militarism in a wider perspective, bringing hitherto unexamined new themes and subject-matter under scrutiny up to the present day. Among the topics covered are the February 26 Incident in Theatre and Film, Ethnicity and Gender in Wartime Japanese Revue Theatre, Military Festivals and the Japanese Self-Defence Forces, Major Trends in Japanese Treatment of POW's in Modern Times, and Japan's 'Tug of War'after the Russian War. Published to mark the distinguished academic career of Ben-Ami Shillony, who retired in 2006, this volume also offers valuable new insights into the theme of the Japanese and the Jews, including the Story and Myth of Anne Frank and Sadako Sasaki, the involvement of Jewish scientists in the making of the atomic bomb, and Japan's Jewish Policy in the late 1930's |
| Notes |
"Published to mark the distinguished academic career of ben-Ami Shillony, who retired from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2006"--Jacket |
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"This volume is a fruit of 'The International Conference on Japan in Honour of Professor Ben-Ami Shillony', which took place at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, between 29 April and 2 May 2007"--Page [iv] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-236) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Shillony, Ben-Ami.
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| SUBJECT |
Shillony, Ben-Ami fast |
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Militarism -- Japan -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
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War -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Militarism
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War
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Japan -- History, Military -- 20th century -- Congresses
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Japan
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Podoler, Guy, 1967-
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Shillony, Ben-Ami.
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Brill Academic Publishers.
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International Conference on Japan in Honour of Professor Ben-Ami Shillony (2007 : Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
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| ISBN |
9789004213005 |
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9004213007 |
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9786613265777 |
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6613265772 |
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