{"product_id":"frontiers-of-memory-in-the-asia-pacific-difficult-heritage-and-the-transnational-politics-of-postcolonial-nationalism-hardcover","title":"Frontiers of Memory in the Asia-Pacific: Difficult Heritage and the Transnational Politics of Postcolonial Nationalism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShu-Mei Huang\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHyun Kyung Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEdward Vickers\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrontiers of Memory in the Asia-Pacific explores the making and consumption of conflict-related heritage throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Contributing to a growing literature on 'difficult heritage', this collection advances our understanding of how places of pain, shame, oppression, and trauma have been appropriated and refashioned as 'heritage' in a number of societies in contemporary East and Southeast Asia and Oceania. The authors analyse how the repackaging of difficult pasts as heritage can serve either to reinforce borders, transcend them, or even achieve both simultaneously, depending on the political agendas that inform the heritage-making process. They also examine the ways in which these processes respond to colonialism, decolonization, and nationalism. The volume shows how efforts to preserve various sites of 'difficult heritage' can involve the construction of new borders in the mind between what is commemorated and what is often deliberately obscured or forgotten. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaken together, the studies presented here suggest new directions for comparative research into difficult heritage across Asia and beyond, applying an interdisciplinary and critical perspective that spans history, heritage studies, memory studies, urban studies, architecture, and international relations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShu-Mei Huang\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor at National Taiwan University. \u003cb\u003eHyun Kyung Lee\u003c\/b\u003e is a research professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea. \u003cb\u003eEdward Vickers\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of comparative education and holds the UNESCO Chair on Education for Peace, Social Justice, and Global Citizenship at Kyushu University in Japan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9.06 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157474939015,"sku":"9789888754144","price":149.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6376b97db2d38828e18d70ece52dabd6.webp?v=1733251129","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/frontiers-of-memory-in-the-asia-pacific-difficult-heritage-and-the-transnational-politics-of-postcolonial-nationalism-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}