Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies: Essays in Collective Memory

Kim, Mikyoung; Schwartz, B.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-06-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230237476

DOI: 10.1057/9780230277427

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 276