Waiting for the Cool Moon: Anti-Imperialist Struggles in the Heart of Japan's Empire

by Wendy Matsumura

Book Overview

In Waiting for the Cool Moon Wendy Matsumura interrogates the erasure of colonial violence at the heart of Japanese nation-state formation. She critiques Japan studies' role in this effacement and contends that the field must engage with anti-Blackness and anti-Indigeneity as the grounds on which to understand imperialism, colonialism, fascism, and other forces that shape national consciousness. Drawing on Black radical thinkers' critique of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478025697
• ISBN13: 9781478025696
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"