Men in Metal
A Topography of Public Bronze Statuary in Modern Japan
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Word Count
89,000 words, Guess
Page Count
356 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139789004414433
- ISBN-109004414436
- OCLC Control Number1108557144
- Better World Books9789004414433
- Open LibraryOL35970999M
Classifications
- LCCN8846.J3S23 2020
- LCCN8846.J3 S23 2020
Description
"In his pioneering study, Men in Metal, Sven Saaler examines Japanese public statuary as a central site of historical memory from its beginnings in the Meiji period through the twenty-first century. Saaler shows how the elites of the modern Japanese nation-state went about constructing an iconography of national heroes to serve their agenda of instilling national (and nationalist) thinking into the masses. Based on a wide range of hitherto untapped primary sources, Saaler combines data-driven quantitative analysis and in-depth case studies to identify the categories and historical figures that dominated public space. Men in Metal also explores the agents behind this visualized form of the politics of memory and introduces historiographical controversies surrounding statue-building in modern Japan."--
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