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Japan's Cold War: Media, Literature, and the Law (review)

Japan's Cold War: Media, Literature, and the Law (review) tlers' return after the Algerian War and the German repatriation after World War II provide fertile ground for comparison. These comparative perspectives caution against exceptionalizing the Japanese case while also underscoring its relevance to the studies of decolonization. The author makes a strategic choice to write the book as a comprehensive study of Japanese repatriation rather than to focus on more specialized topics. With its wide coverage, the book succeeds in demonstrating that the repatriation was an integral part of postwar Japan's national reconstruction. The author should be commended on the extensive research that supports her ambitious claim and the succinct manner in which she conveys her argument. Yet the book's relative compactness (approximately 60,000 words) leaves space for further explorations. This is the task left for other researchers. When Empire Comes Home has laid a strong groundwork for future examinations and scholarly discussions. Japan's Cold War: Media, Literature, and the Law. By Ann Sherif. Columbia University Press, New York, 2009. xiii, 282 pages. $50.00. Reviewed by Urs Matthias Zachmann Munich University The sakoku paradigm, which intellectuals such as Tsurumi Shunsuke and others have frequently invoked for postwar Japan, has served--perhaps consciously so--to obscure certain aspects of Japan's http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Japanese Studies Society for Japanese Studies

Japan's Cold War: Media, Literature, and the Law (review)

The Journal of Japanese Studies , Volume 37 (1) – Jan 28, 2011

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tlers' return after the Algerian War and the German repatriation after World War II provide fertile ground for comparison. These comparative perspectives caution against exceptionalizing the Japanese case while also underscoring its relevance to the studies of decolonization. The author makes a strategic choice to write the book as a comprehensive study of Japanese repatriation rather than to focus on more specialized topics. With its wide coverage, the book succeeds in demonstrating that the repatriation was an integral part of postwar Japan's national reconstruction. The author should be commended on the extensive research that supports her ambitious claim and the succinct manner in which she conveys her argument. Yet the book's relative compactness (approximately 60,000 words) leaves space for further explorations. This is the task left for other researchers. When Empire Comes Home has laid a strong groundwork for future examinations and scholarly discussions. Japan's Cold War: Media, Literature, and the Law. By Ann Sherif. Columbia University Press, New York, 2009. xiii, 282 pages. $50.00. Reviewed by Urs Matthias Zachmann Munich University The sakoku paradigm, which intellectuals such as Tsurumi Shunsuke and others have frequently invoked for postwar Japan, has served--perhaps consciously so--to obscure certain aspects of Japan's

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Published: Jan 28, 2011

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