{"product_id":"dark-pasts-jennifer-m-dixon-9781501776052","title":"Dark Pasts: Changing the State's Story in Turkey and Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Pasts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Jennifer M. Dixon asks why states deny past atrocities, and when and why they change the stories they tell about them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades, states have been called on to acknowledge and apologize for historic wrongs. Some have apologized, while others have silenced, denied, and relativized past crimes.\u003ci\u003e Dark Pasts\u003c\/i\u003e unravels the complex and fraught processes through which state narratives of past atrocities are constructed, contested, and defended. Focusing on Turkey's narrative of the Armenian Genocide and Japan's narrative of the Nanjing Massacre, Dixon shows that international pressures increase the likelihood of change in states' narratives of their own dark pasts, even as domestic considerations determine their content. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining historical richness and analytical rigor, \u003ci\u003eDark Pasts \u003c\/i\u003eis a revelatory study of the persistent presence of the past and the politics that shape narratives of state wrongdoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer M. Dixon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501776053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501776052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Jennifer M. Dixon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761148293375,"sku":"9781501776052","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc4dbfab-6932-4117-a7d8-44513b10201d.jpg?v=1706680510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-pasts-jennifer-m-dixon-9781501776052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}