Contested Views of a Common Past: Revisions of History in Contemporary East Asia (Paperback)

Preface Steffi Richter Introduction: De-nationalising and Re-nationalising the Past Yonson Ahn I. Contexts of Historical Revisionism Historical Revisionism in East Asia: What Does Politics Have to Do with It? Daqing Yang Historical Revisionism in Contemporary Japan Steffi Richter When History Matters: Reconstructing South Korea's National Memory in the Age of Democracy Koen De Ceuster Historical Narratives and Trans-nationalism in East Asia Prasenjit Duara II. Academic Historiography A Review of Research on Late Qing History: On the "Basic Lines" of Modern Chinese History Lei Yi Re-imagining Community from Different Shores: Nationalism, Post-colonialism and Colonial Modernity in Taiwanese Historiography Chang Lung-chih The Colonial Past in Post-colonial South Korea: Colonialism, Modernity and Gender Yonson Ahn East Asia Discourses in Contemporary Korea Eun-Jeung Lee III. History Textbooks The Antagonistic Complicity of Nationalisms - On "Nationalist Phenomenology" in East Asian History Textbooks Lim Jie-Hyun Revising the Past, Contesting the Future: Reforming History Education in post-Mao China Alisa Jones National Fortresses Besieged: History Textbooks in Contemporary Mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan Claudia Schneider Writing History Textbooks in East Asia: The Possibilities and Pitfallsof "History that Opens the Future" Iwasaki Minoru and Narita Ry?ichi IV. Popular Culture Historical Adventures of a Post-historical Medium: Japan's Wartime Past as Represented in Manga Jaqueline Berndt Manga, Manhwa and Historical Consciousnes: Trans-national Popular Media and the Narrative De/Construction of Japanese-Korean History Yamanaka Chie Reinterpreting Late Qing History in Historical Movies and Television Dramas: The Case of the 1898 Reforms Li Fan and Wang Xiaojing Revising and Televising the Past in East Asia: "History Soaps" in Mainland China Matthias Niedenfuhr V. Conclusion: Possibilities for Mutual Understanding History Textbooks in Post-war and Post-conflict Societies: Preconditions and Experiences in Comparative Perspective Wolfgang Hopken Lost Memories: Historical Reconciliation and Cross-Border Narratives in Northeast Asia Tessa Morris-Suzuki List of contributors