Sites and sights of tension: Cultural memory of gender and colonial power in East Asia

Gunhild Ravn Borggreen

Sites and sights of tension: Cultural memory of gender and colonial power in East Asia

Gunhild Ravn Borggreen

Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab

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Abstract

Artiklen tager udgangspunkt i diskussioner om censur og selvcensur i forbindelse med Aichi Triennalen i Nagoya i 2019, og uddyber de politiske og kulturelle konflikter omkring "comfort women" og værket Statue of Peace.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Peripeti
Vol/bind	20
Udgave nummer	38
Sider (fra-til)	146-161
Antal sider	16
ISSN	1604-0325
Status	Udgivet - 2023

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