Statecraft and Spectacle in East Asia

Studies in Taiwan-Japan Relations
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-415-59190-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 176 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

Statecraft and Spectacle in East Asia is a multidisciplinary collection of essays that explores the intertwined histories of Taiwan and Japan across the long sweep of the early modern and modern periods. Drawing on new research by scholars from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, it moves beyond the conventional focus on the mechanics of the Japanese colonial state to provide new perspectives on a highly significant relationship that shaped the nature of the modern East Asian political landscape. Ranging from the seventeenth century to the chaotic aftermath of empire, the papers collected here consider Tokugawa Japan’s halting engagement with Taiwan as a key world historical moment that illuminates changing attitudes towards maritime expansion; the ways in which the colonial project was packaged and sold in print as well as image; and the complex legal discourses surrounding the making and unmaking of empire. Together they show how influence flowed both ways between Taiwan and Japan and the importance of inter-Asian interactions.

This book was published as a special issue of Japanese Studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clulow, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Onward, Christian Samurai! The Japanese Expeditions to Taiwan in 1609 and 1616 Stephen Turnbull 2. A Fake Embassy, the Lord of Taiwan and Tokugawa Japan Adam Clulow 3. Japan’s First War Reporter: Kishida Ginko and the Taiwan Expedition Matthew Fraleigh 4. Peddling Postcards and Selling Empire: Image-Making in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule Paul Barclay 5. Making the Japanese Empire: Nationality and Family Register in Taiwan, 1871-1899 Haruka Nomura 6. Pawns of Empire: Postwar Taiwan, Japan and the Dilemma of War Crimes Barak Kushner

Über Autor(innen)

Adam Clulow is Lecturer at the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies at Monash University, Australia.