Memorializing Pearl Harbor: Unfinished Histories and the Work of Remembrance by

Description: Memorializing Pearl Harbor by Geoffrey M. White Memorializing Pearl Harbor examines the challenge of representing history at the site of the attack that brought America into World War II. Analyzing moments in which history is re-presented-in commemorative events, documentary films, museum design, and educational programming-Geoffrey M. White shows that the memorial to the Pearl Harbor bombing is not a fixed or singular institution. Rather, it has become a site in which many histories are performed, validated, and challenged. In addition to valorizing military service and sacrifice, the memorial has become a place where Japanese veterans have come to seek recognition and reconciliation, where Japanese Americans have sought to correct narratives of racial mistrust, and where Native Hawaiians have challenged their ongoing erasure from their own land. Drawing on extended ethnographic fieldwork, White maps these struggles onto larger controversies about public history, museum practices, and national memory. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Geoffrey M. White is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii. He is the coeditor of Perilous Memories: The Asia-Pacific War(s), also published by Duke University Press, and author of Identity through History: Living Stories in a Solomon Islands Society. Table of Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction. Memorializing History 1 1. Survivor Voices 35 2. Cultures of Commemoration 77 3. Memorial Film: Envisioning Race and Nation 129 4. Theming America at War 161 5. Making a New Museum 201 6. Pedagogy, Patriotism, and Paranoia 245 Conclusion. Historys Future 265 Appendix 1. Pearl Harbor Bombing Statistics (December 7, 1941) 285 Appendix 2. Chronology of Hawaiian Political History, Postcontact 287 Appendix 3. Chronology of Internment of Japanese Americans and Japanese Residents 289 Appendix 4. Very Brief Filmography of Pearl Harbor Official and Feature Films 291 Notes 293 References 307 Index 319 Review "This well-researched, provocative study, written for specialists rather than general readers, will be of considerable interest to students of ethnography, public history, and museum studies. Highly recommended." -- C. J. Weeks * Choice *"Geoffrey M. White has written a book that goes far beyond the events and commemoration of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the opening salvo that determined the US entry into World War II. Whites book addresses some of the most vital questions of remembering the past with a prose that is engaging, accessible, always pregnant with possibilities for new insights and with wide-ranging applications." -- Gretchen Engle Schafft * Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology *"Geoffrey M. Whites study of memorial practices at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, makes a significant and unique contribution to the study of commemorating the past." -- John Bodnar * Journal of American History *"This is a book with many stories to tell. . . . Whites writing is masterful; demonstrating a rare gift for rendering complex themes and complicating received categories in flowing, accessible prose. Theres a surfeit of riches here difficult to do justice to, with nearly every page holding some nugget worthy of quotation or comment. Students of history and memory, museology, World War II, film and race, tourism and other themes too numerous to list will find exploring this book time well spent." -- Andrew J. Connelly * Pacific Affairs *"Memorializing Pearl Harbor is a welcome contribution to the field of historical reconciliation, which is broadening its horizons beyond the confines of the West. . . . It is a thoughtful ethnography that illuminates the shifts in meaning, purpose, institutional conditions, and civic engagement as framed by the overarching understanding that the memorial we see today is a result of long-term negotiations, intense emotional dialogues, and conflicting memories surrounding the events of 7 December 1945 in a complex historical setting." -- Akiko Hashimoto * Monumenta Nipponica *"A model study in the field of public history." -- James I. Matray * Pacific Historical Review *"Memorializing Pearl Harbor is unparalleled in its contribution to the study of collective memory of World War II in the Pacific." -- Kate C. Lemay * Reviews in American History *"An ambitious melding of ethnographic and historiographical writing and an important contribution to current discussions of memory and representation of the past." -- Matthew Penney * The Public Historian *"A well-written and well-researched book that examines the changing meanings and representations of the Pearl Harbor Memorial. Whites study underscores multiple, yet often conflicting, remembrances of the Pearl Harbor attack and the challenges that educators face. . . . The volume is thought provoking, and anyone who is interested in war and memory, the Pearl Harbor attack, peace education, historical reconciliation, and public history will probably find the book insightful and enlightening." -- Takashi Yoshida * Anthropos * Review Quote "With engaging prose, theoretical sophistication, and rich observation, Geoffrey M. White advances a new understanding of public commemoration as deeply affective work for those whose voices are remembered, forgotten, or excluded. Memorializing Pearl Harbor fills a huge lacuna in the study of contemporary American memory and breaks new ground in its ethnographic depth and historical breadth by bringing a range of sites of memory production into one comprehensive account. It is a tour de force." Details ISBN0822361027 Author Geoffrey M. White Short Title MEMORIALIZING PEARL HARBOR Publisher Duke University Press Language English ISBN-10 0822361027 ISBN-13 9780822361022 Media Book Format Paperback Pages 352 Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-04-01 Imprint Duke University Press Subtitle Unfinished Histories and the Work of Remembrance Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2016-04-01 AU Release Date 2016-04-01 NZ Release Date 2016-04-01 US Release Date 2016-04-01 Edited by Amit Singh Birth 1944 Affiliation Amazon.com, Inc, Usa Position EDFRTR Qualifications Sir Alternative 9780822360889 DEWEY 940.5426693 Illustrations 30 illustrations Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168446303;

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