Imagination without Borders : Feminist Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility

By:

Hein, Laura Elizabeth, 1955- [HerausgeberIn]

Contributor(s):

Jennison, Rebecca [HerausgeberIn]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese StudiesPublisher: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : University of Michigan Press, 2020Description: 1 Online-Ressource (175 p.)ISBN:

9780472127672
9780472901623

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Additional physical formats: 9781929280636. | 9781929280629. DDC classification:

709.2 22

LOC classification:

N7359.T65

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Summary: "Tomiyama Taeko, a Japanese visual artist born in 1921, is changing the way World War II is remembered in Japan, Asia, and the world. Her work deals with complicated moral and emotional issues of empire and war responsibility that cannot be summed up in simple slogans, which makes it compelling for more than just its considerable beauty. Japanese today are still grappling with the effects of World War II, and, largely because of the inconsistent and ambivalent actions of the government, they are widely seen as resistant to accepting responsibility for their nation’s violent actions against others during the decades of colonialism and war. Yet some individuals, such as Tomiyama, have produced nuanced and reflective commentaries on those experiences, and on the difficulty of disentangling herself from the priorities of the nation despite her lifelong political dissent. Tomiyama’s sophisticated visual commentary on Japan’s history—and on the global history in which Asia is embedded—provides a compelling guide through the difficult terrain of modern historical remembrance, in a distinctively Japanese voice. Laura Hein is Professor of Japanese History at Northwestern University. This is her fifth edited book on the politics of war remembrance. Rebecca Jennison is Professor of Literature and Gender Studies at Kyoto Seika University. She has been assisting Tomiyama Taeko as a translator since 1990, and has published several articles and translations on the artist’s work."PPN: PPN: 1778466826Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB

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