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Closed linguistic space : censorship by the occupation forces and postwar Japan
Author
江藤淳, 1933-1999, author.
Uniform Title
Tozasareta gengokūkan. English
Title
Closed linguistic space : censorship by the occupation forces and postwar Japan / Etō Jun.
ISBN
9784866581149
486658114X
Edition
First English edition.
Publication
Tōkyō, Japan : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2020.
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes
"Originally published in Japan by Bengeishunju Ltd. under the title of Tozasareta gengokūkan.
"Translated by The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)."--Page 4.
"Japanese names are given in Japanese order, family name first." Original Japanese edition included translated quotations from English, some of which have here been retranslated to English.--Page 4.
Summary
"The United States postwar occupation of Japan likes to boast of having given the Japanese freedom of expression and freedom of the press. True, it freed the Japanese press from many wartime constraints. But at the same time, it imposed a large number of new constraints, replacing wartime censorship by the Japanese government with postwar censorship by the American occupation authority. Even before the war ended, planning for the occupation included a censorship and public relations effort that would work to "re-educate" the Japanese and fold them into the postwar American international order. Similar efforts were made in Germany, but the effort in Japan was far more sweeping and far more sustained. This book documents that history in detail with extensive references to primary resources held in U.S. archives and elsewhere. Was the occupation successful in reshaping the Japanese mindset? Citing not only the postwar Constitution but also, among other things, the widespread belief in the Tokyo Trials' validity, Etō argues doggedly that it was so successful that its pernicious influence persists even today. Yet the heart of this heavily researched book is its meticulous documentation of how this censorship was planned and enforced."--Dust jacket.
Variant and related titles
Original title in Japanese.--Page 4: Tozasareta gengokūkan : senryōgun no ken'etsu to sengo Nihon
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 29, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
How the United States Prepared for Censorship in Japan. Introduction ; Wartime Planning ; Censorship's Justification ; Inner Workings ; The Language Factor ; The Basic Plan
How the United States Conducted Censorship in Japan. An Invisible Cage ; Press Censorship ; Shared Taboos ; Perspectives in a Closed Linguistic Space ; War Guilt ; The Tokyo Trials ; Dissenting Voices ; Germany and Japan ; Internalization ; The Politicization of Language
Afterword
Afterword to the Paperback Edition.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Also listed under
Nihon Kokusai Mondai Kenkyūjo, translator.
日本国際問題研究所.
Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan, publisher.
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