Abstract
Heritage, Memory, and Punishment: Remembering Colonial Prisons in East Asia
Highlights
In Western politics, heated debates over the representation of the colonial past have recently erupted in the form of mass protests demanding the removal of monuments that are perceived to celebrate the history of colonialism and slavery
For East Asian societies which were colonised by Japan, the fact that authoritarian postcolonial regimes continued to use these prisons adds another layer of complexity for understanding the difficult legacies of these structures
There has been little scholarly attention paid to the historical trajectories of these disused prisons
Summary
In Western politics, heated debates over the representation of the colonial past have recently erupted in the form of mass protests demanding the removal of monuments that are perceived to celebrate the history of colonialism and slavery. Memory, and Punishment: Remembering Colonial Prisons in East Asia.
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