1st Edition
German-East Asian Encounters and Entanglements Affinity in Culture and Politics Since 1945
1. Historical Survey, Historiography, and Organization
Joanne Miyang Cho
Part 1: Political and Social Connections Since 1945
2. A Bridge from Beijing to Berlin: Diplomatic and Trade Cooperation in Sino-East German Relations, 1949–1955
Christina Till
3. The Contribution of West German Christian Churches to the Democratization of Korea in the 1970s and 1980s
Soo-Hyun Mun
4. Commemorative Culture in Korea and Germany: State Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers and Civilian Victims
Ho-Keun Choi
Part 2: East Asian Transnational Communities in Germany
5. Two Generations of Korean-Germans: From Silent Integration to Glass Ceiling
Suin Roberts
6. The Heterogeneous Japanese Community in Dusseldorf and the Question of Social Integration: More Segregated Than Integrated?
Vanessa Tkotzyk
Part 3: Literary Connections Since 1945
7. Reframing Footage from Deshima: Swiss Writer Adolf Muschg’s Exploration of Japan and Japanese Sexuality
Min Zhou
8. Parable of the Delusionist?: Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s Adaptation of Lu Xun’s "Resurrecting the Dead"
Wenyan Gu
9. Film-Noir Features in German and Japanese Comics: Isabel Kreitz’s Die Sache mit Sorge (2008) and Osamu Tezuka’s Adolf (1983–85)
Lee M. Roberts
10. Yoko Tawada’s Travelers and Tourists as Outsiders
Susan C. Anderson
Part 4: Filmic and Musical Connections Since 1945
11. What Beethoven Means in the People’s Republic of China: Hero or Demon?
Hao Huang
12. Gender and Non-Conformity in German and Japanese Metal Music and Subculture
Aaron D. Horton
13. The Road to Japan: The Tokyo Diary Films of Wim Wenders
Bruce Williams
Biography
Joanne Miyang Cho is Professor of History at William Paterson University of New Jersey.
