This thesis examines the stories based upon the Himeyuri Student Corps (hereinafter referred to as HSC), who were female Okinawan students working as assistant nurses on the battlefields of Okinawa during the Asia-Pacific War. This work focuses on the different narratives which depicted the HSC, and the shifts in how the story of the HSC was narrated between 1945 and 1953. These shifts are analyzed through the various storytelling forms used to talk about the HSC, which include memoir, novelization, non-fiction work, film, and finally musical revue. Although there were other narratives about the HSC created after 1953, the discussion is limited to the period between 1945 and 1953, since it is the stated aim of this thesis to focus on the sh...
In some respects the Allied occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952 would appear to be a relatively st...
The Second World War saw in Japan a massive production of war stories, today widely forgotten. These...
The battle of Okinawa in 1945 was one of the bloodiest battles of the Asia Pacific War: nearly a qua...
The memory of the battle of Okinawa was shaped by politics. The memory of the battle for Okinawans e...
Contemporary Okinawan anti-base activists have attempted to give moral force to the their arguments ...
Historical facts are sealed, but the memory of a particular history changes from one generation to t...
This thesis surveys a selection of fiction and non-fiction by Okinawan author and activist, Medoruma...
The Japanese military experienced different types of defeat in World War Two (WWII) both during and ...
WWII and its aftermath fundamentally changed the collective consciousness of the Japanese people. Fo...
This dissertation examines the formations of what I have termed “militarized welfare,” that is, the ...
The tension between remembering and narrating war memories has been a significant theme in the discu...
Since 1945, three narratives have dominated Japan’s postwar memory landscape: the heroic narrative, ...
In the 1950s there appeared numerous films which showed the futility of war and critically evaluated...
Interpretations of Japans involvement in the Pacific War and its war crimes have changed over time, ...
During World War II, over 100,000 Japanese American were confined in relocation and internment camps...
In some respects the Allied occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952 would appear to be a relatively st...
The Second World War saw in Japan a massive production of war stories, today widely forgotten. These...
The battle of Okinawa in 1945 was one of the bloodiest battles of the Asia Pacific War: nearly a qua...
The memory of the battle of Okinawa was shaped by politics. The memory of the battle for Okinawans e...
Contemporary Okinawan anti-base activists have attempted to give moral force to the their arguments ...
Historical facts are sealed, but the memory of a particular history changes from one generation to t...
This thesis surveys a selection of fiction and non-fiction by Okinawan author and activist, Medoruma...
The Japanese military experienced different types of defeat in World War Two (WWII) both during and ...
WWII and its aftermath fundamentally changed the collective consciousness of the Japanese people. Fo...
This dissertation examines the formations of what I have termed “militarized welfare,” that is, the ...
The tension between remembering and narrating war memories has been a significant theme in the discu...
Since 1945, three narratives have dominated Japan’s postwar memory landscape: the heroic narrative, ...
In the 1950s there appeared numerous films which showed the futility of war and critically evaluated...
Interpretations of Japans involvement in the Pacific War and its war crimes have changed over time, ...
During World War II, over 100,000 Japanese American were confined in relocation and internment camps...
In some respects the Allied occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952 would appear to be a relatively st...
The Second World War saw in Japan a massive production of war stories, today widely forgotten. These...
The battle of Okinawa in 1945 was one of the bloodiest battles of the Asia Pacific War: nearly a qua...