Lost Histories: Recovering the Lives of Japan’s Colonial Peoples (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

Synopsis

Examines Material Objects, Visual Imagery, And Oral Histories To Help Reconstruct The Lives And Movements Of The Four Least Examined Groups Of Japan's Colonial Subjects--the Ainu, Taiwan's Indigenous People, Micronesians, And Okinawans--conveying The Dynamic Nature Of An Empire In Motion And Explaining How Individuals Navigated The Variances Of Imperial Life--provided By Publisher. Part I. Boundaries Of Late Meiji Colonial Subjecthood: Colonial Reality And Subaltern Subjectivity -- Meeting The Man On The Other Side -- The Paupers' Grave At Margravine Cemetery -- Welcome To The Empire -- Part Ii. Journeys Between The Metropole And The Colonies: The Taming Of The Barbarian And Other Savage Love Stories -- Two Coconuts And A Bonito Stick -- Part Iii. Performing And Living Racial-alities: Creating Space, Dividing Barriers -- A Mountain Of Bones. Kirsten L. Ziomek. Based On The Author's Thesis, Issued Under The Title: Subaltern Speak : Imperial Multiplicities In Japan's Empire And Post-war Colonialisms ( Ph. D.--university Of California, Santa Barbara, 2011). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.