The problem of memory in China, Japan and Korea involves a surfeit rather than a deficit of memory, and the consequence of this excess is negative: unforgettable traumas prevent nations from coming to terms with the problems of the present. These compelling essays enrich Western scholarship by applying to it insights derived from Asian settings.
| ISBN: | 9781349314850 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2010 |
| Author: | Mikyoung Kim |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 276 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies Asian history Political science and theory Ethnic groups and multicultural studies History |