TY - JOUR
T1 - Remembering Nanking
T2 - historical reconstructions and literary memorializations of the Nanking Massacre
AU - Feng, Pin-chia
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - The Nanking Massacre is a historical event that invokes many contestations and tensions, as the recollection of what took place in Nanking during the six weeks from December 1937 to February 1938 is always under the influence of political circumstances and ideologies. This article explores the contemporary historical narratives and fictional representations of the Nanking Massacre to see how it has been remembered. The article mainly addresses North American academic debates over the Nanking massacre, and analyzes three novels by immigrant Chinese American authors, Qi Shouhua’s When the Purple Mountain Burns, Ha Jin’s Nanjing Requiem, and Yan Geling’s The Flowers of War.
AB - The Nanking Massacre is a historical event that invokes many contestations and tensions, as the recollection of what took place in Nanking during the six weeks from December 1937 to February 1938 is always under the influence of political circumstances and ideologies. This article explores the contemporary historical narratives and fictional representations of the Nanking Massacre to see how it has been remembered. The article mainly addresses North American academic debates over the Nanking massacre, and analyzes three novels by immigrant Chinese American authors, Qi Shouhua’s When the Purple Mountain Burns, Ha Jin’s Nanjing Requiem, and Yan Geling’s The Flowers of War.
KW - Asian American studies
KW - Chinese American writers
KW - The Nanking Massacre
KW - war memories
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017538294&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14649373.2017.1273993
DO - 10.1080/14649373.2017.1273993
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85017538294
VL - 18
SP - 75
EP - 91
JO - Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
JF - Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
SN - 1464-9373
IS - 1
ER -