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An Asian nostalgia?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2021

Rana Mitter
Rana Mitter*
Affiliation:
Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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Author for correspondence: Rana Mitter, E-mail: rana.mitter@history.ox.ac.uk
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Abstract

Searching for common themes, this afterword questions the meaning and experience of nostalgia in Asia today. The collected essays show the important roles that conflict, trauma, and the need to create a new modernity shape, and are shaped by notions of nostalgia through much of Asia. Perhaps more so than in Europe, nostalgia in Asia seems very national. The case studies in this collection are excellent examples of how nostalgic longings are deployed to enhance national power, as well as a demonstration of the enduring influence of the nation-state over individual imagination across the region.

Keywords

AsiaChinaEast Asiaimperialismnostalgia
Type
Special Issue Articles
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International Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 2021 , pp. 83 - 86
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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