{"product_id":"cold-war-reckonings-authoritarianism-and-the-genres-of-decolonization-hardback-9780823294824","title":"Cold War Reckonings; Authoritarianism and the Genres of Decolonization (Hardback) 9780823294824","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCold War Reckonings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAuthoritarianism and the Genres of Decolonization\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJini Kim Watson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823294824\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 August 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 12 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.614 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, James Russell Lowell Prize, Modern Language Association\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, René Wellek Prize, American Comparative Literature Association\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How did the Cold War shape culture and political power in decolonizing countries and give rise to authoritarian regimes in the so-called free world? \u003ci\u003eCold War Reckonings\u003c\/i\u003e tells a new story about the Cold War and the global shift from colonialism to independent nation-states. Assembling a body of transpacific cultural works that speak to this historical conjuncture, Jini Kim Watson reveals autocracy to be not a deficient form of liberal democracy, but rather the result of Cold War entanglements with decolonization.\u003cbr\u003e Focusing on East and Southeast Asia, the book scrutinizes cultural texts ranging from dissident poetry, fiction, and writers' conference proceedings of the Cold War period, to more recent literature, graphic novels, and films that retrospectively look back to these decades with a critical eye. Paying particular attention to anti-communist repression and state infrastructures of violence, the book provides a richaccount of several U.S.–allied Cold War regimes in the Asia Pacific, including the South Korean military dictatorship, Marcos' rule in the Philippines, illiberal Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew, and Suharto's Indonesia. \u003cbr\u003e Watson's book argues that the cultural forms and narrative techniques that emerged from the Cold War-decolonizing matrix offer new ways of comprehending these histories and connecting them to our present. The book advances our understanding of the global reverberations of the Cold War and its enduring influence on cultural and political formations in the Asia Pacific.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCold War Reckonings\u003c\/i\u003e is available from the publisher on an open-access basis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote on Romanizations\u003c\/i\u003e   ix\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: Ruling Like a Foreigner:\u003cbr\u003e Theorizing \"Free World\" Authoritarianism in the Asia-Pacific Cold War   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Authorities of Alignment, 1955–1988\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 \u003c\/b\u003eWriting Freedom from Bandung to PEN International   29\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003eIn the Shadow of Solzhenitsyn: Pramoedya Ananta Toer,\u003cbr\u003e Kim Chi-ha, Ninotchka Rosca, and Cold War Critique   59\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: Genres of Cold War Reckoning, 1997–2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003eSeparate Futures: Other Times of Southeast Asian Decolonization   103\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 \u003c\/b\u003eThe Wrong Side of History: Anachronism and Authoritarianism   133\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 \u003c\/b\u003eKilling Communists, Transitional Justice, and the Making of the Post–Cold War   155\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/b\u003e: Authoritarian Lessons for Neoliberal Times   183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  199\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  203\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography \u003c\/i\u003e  253\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  271\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580463870232,"sku":"9780823294824","price":88.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cold-war-reckonings-authoritarianism-and-the-genres-of-decolonization-hardback-9780823294824","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}