This is the first extensive English-language study of Yasukuni Shrine as a war memorial. It explores the controversial s
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
One. Mobilizing Death: Developing the Myth of Yasukuni
Two. Institutionalizing Joy: Turning War into Spectacle at Yasukuni Shrine
Threee. Networks of Grief and Pride: Yasukuni Shrine in Regional Japan
Four. Institutionalizing Grief: Yasukuni Shrine and Total War
Five. Who Has the Right to Mourn? Politics of Enshrinement at Yasukuni Shrine
Six. Mobilizing Memories: Postmemorial Conservatism at Yasukuni Today
Epilogue Contesting Memories: Yasukuni Shrine as a Countermonument
Notes
Bibliography
Index