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Author:
Akagawa, Natsuko, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008040932
Title:
Heritage conservation and Japan's cultural diplomacy : heritage, national identity and national interest / Natsuko Akagawa.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xx, 227 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Japan--Cultural policy.
Japan--Relations.
Cultural diplomacy--Japan.
Cultural property--Protection--Japan.
Historic preservation--Government policy--Japan.
Nationalism--Japan.
National interest--Japan.
Geopolitics--Japan.
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.
Cultural diplomacy.
Cultural policy.
Cultural property--Protection.
Geopolitics.
Historic preservation--Government policy.
National interest.
Nationalism.
Relations.
Japan.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Japan's heritage conservation policy and practice, as deployed through its foreign aid programs, has become one of the main means through which post-World War II Japan has sought to mark its presence in the international arena, both globally and regionally. Heritage conservation has been intimately linked to Japan's sense of national identity, in addition to its self-portrayal as a responsible global and regional citizen. This book explores the concepts of heritage, nationalism and Japanese national identity in the context of Japanese and international history since the second half of the nineteenth century. In doing so, it shows how Japan has built on its distinctive approach to conservation to develop a heritage-based strategy which has been used as part of its cultural diplomacy designed to increase its 'soft power' both globally and within the Asian region. More broadly, Natsuko Akagawa underlines the theoretical nexus between the politics of heritage conservation, cultural diplomacy and national interest, and in turn highlights how issues of heritage conservation practice and policy are crucial to a comprehensive understanding of geo-politics. Heritage Conservation and Japan's Cultural Diplomacy will be of great interest to students and scholars of Japanese studies, Japanese politics, heritage conservation and international relations"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 53
ISBN:
0415707625
9780415707626
OCLC:
(OCoLC)878050603
LCCN:
2014000801
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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