Using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, Nationalism in Asia analyzes currents of nationalism in five contemporary Asian societies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea. Explores the ways in which nationalism is expressed, embraced, challenged, and resisted in contemporary China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach Provides an important trans-national and trans-regional analysis by looking at five countries that span Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia Features comparative analysis of identity politics, democracy, economic policy, nation branding, sports, shared trauma, memory and culture wars, territorial disputes, national security and minorities Offers an accessible, thematic narrative written for non-specialists, including a detailed and up-to-date bibliography Gives readers an in-depth understanding of the ramifications of nationalism in these countries for the future of Asia

Using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, Nationalism in Asia analyzes currents of nationalism in five contemporary Asian societies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea.* Explores the ways in which nationalism is expressed, embraced, challenged, and resisted in contemporary China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach* Provides an important trans-national and trans-regional analysis by looking at five countries that span Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia* Features comparative analysis of identity politics, democracy, economic policy, nation branding, sports, shared trauma, memory and culture wars, territorial disputes, national security and minorities* Offers an accessible, thematic narrative written for non-specialists, including a detailed and up-to-date bibliography* Gives readers an in-depth understanding of the ramifications of nationalism in these countries for the future of Asia

Acknowledgements viiMaps viiiIntroduction xvPart I National Identity 11 The Idea of Nation 32 Contemporary Culture Wars and National Identity 163 Nation Branding Confronts Troubling Realities 39Part II Political Economy and Spectacle 574 Economic Nationalism 595 Democracy and Nationalism 886 Sports Nationalism 118Part III Shackles of the Past 1457 Chosen and Unchosen Traumas 1478 Museums and Memorials 1709 Textbook Nationalism and Memory Wars 196Part IV Flashpoints and Fringes 21710 Nationalism and Territorial Disputes 21911 Nationalism and the Fringes 243Select Bibliographical Guide to Nationalisms in Asia 273Index 303