A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images
Author | : Eiji Oguma |
Publisher | : ISBS |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN 10 | : 1876843047 |
ISBN 13 | : 9781876843045 |
Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
Eiji Oguma demonstrates that the myth of ethnic homogeneity was not established during the Meiji period, nor during the Pacific War, but only after the end of World War II. Oguma also examines how the peoples of the Japanese colonies were viewed in prewarliterature on ethnic identity.