Japan's Castles - Citadels of Modernity in War and Peace (Hardcover)

An innovative examination of heritage politics in Japan, showing how castles have been used to re-invent and recapture competing versions of the pre-imperial past and project possibilities for Japan's future. Oleg Benesch and Ran Zwigenberg argue that Japan's modern transformations can be traced through its castles. They examine how castle preservation and reconstruction campaigns served as symbolic ways to assert particular views of the past and were crucial in the making of an idealized premodern history. Castles have been used to craft identities, to create and erase memories, and to symbolically join tradition and modernity. Until 1945, they served as physical and symbolic links between the modern military and the nation's premodern martial heritage. After 1945, castles were cleansed of military elements and transformed into public cultural spaces that celebrated both modernity and the pre-imperial past. What were once signs of military power have become symbols of Japan's idealized peaceful past.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	Oleg Benesch • Ran Zwigenberg
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	374
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-48194-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Residential buildings, domestic buildings > Castles Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	1-108-48194-9
Barcode:	9781108481946

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