Sovereignty and authenticity : Manchukuo and the East Asian modern
Prasenjit Duara (Author)
In this powerful and provocative book, Prasenjit Duara uses the intriguing case of Manchukuo_the Japanese puppet state in northeast China from 1932-1945_to explore how such antinomies as imperialism and nationalism, modernity and tradition, and governmentality and exploitation interacted in the post-World War I period. He argues that Manchukuo, as a transparently constructed 'nation-state, ' offers a unique historical laboratory for examining the utilization and transformation of circulating global forces mediated by the 'East Asian modern.' With its sweepingly original theoretical and comparat
History
1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780585463858, 9781299761414, 0585463859, 1299761410
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1. Imperialism and nationalism in the twentieth century
2. Manchukuo : a historical perspective
3. Asianism and the new discourse of civilization
4. Embodying civilization : women and the figure of tradition within modernity
5. Imperial nationalism and the frontier
6. Local worlds : the poetics and politics of the native place
Conclusion
Glossary of Chinese terms
Glossary of Japanese terms
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010