Sovereignty and authenticity : Manchukuo and the East Asian modern
Prasenjit Duara (Author)
A study of Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state in North East China, from 1932 to 1945. It explores how such antinomies as imperialism and nationalism, modernity and tradition, and governmentality and exploitation interacted in the post-World War I period.
Print Book, English, 2003
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, 2003
History
xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
9780742525771, 9780742530911, 0742525775, 0742530914
50755038
Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Comparative and Historical Perspectives Chapter 1 3 Imperialism and Nationalism in the Twentieth Century Chapter 2 4 Manchukuo: A Historical Overview Part 5 Civilization and Sovereignty Chapter 3 6 Asianinsm and the New Discourse of Civilization Chapter 4 7 Embodying Civilization: Women and the Figure of Tradition within Modernity Part 8 The Authenticity of Spaces Chapter 5 10 Imperial Nationalism and the Frontier Chapter 6 11 Local Worlds: The Politics and Poetics of the Native Place Chapter 12 Conclusion Chapter 13 Glossary of Chinese Terms Chapter 14 Glossary of Japanese Terms