German-East Asian Encounters and Entanglements

This volume surveys transnational entanglements between Germany and East Asia, which have become increasingly bi-directional since 1945. Its twelve chapters by scholars from the fields of history, sinology, sociology, literature, music, and film reveal these unprecedented global connections.

This volume surveys transnational encounters and entanglements between Germany and East Asia since 1945, a period that has witnessed unprecedented global connections between the two regions. It examines their sociopolitical and cultural connections through a variety of media. Since 1945, cultural flow between Germany and East Asia has increasingly become bidirectional, spurred by East Asian economies' unprecedented growth. In exploring their dynamic and evolving relations, this volume emphasizes how they have negotiated their differences and have frequently cooperated toward common goals in meeting the challenges of the contemporary world. Given their long-standing historical differences, their post-1945 relations reveal a surprisingly high degree of affinity in many areas. To show how they have deeply shaped each other's views, this volume presents 12 chapters by scholars from the fields of history, sinology, sociology, literature, music, and film. Topics include cultural topics, such as German and Swiss writers on East Asia (Enzensberg, Muschg, and Kreitz), Japanese writer on Germany (Tezuka and Tawada), German commemorative culture in Korea, Beethoven in China, metal music in Germany and Japan, diary films on Japan (Wenders), as well as sociopolitical topics, such as Sino- East German diplomacy, Germans and Korean democracy, and Japanes and Korean communities in Germany.

Autorentext

Joanne Miyang Cho is Professor of History at William Paterson University of New Jersey.

Inhalt

1 Historical Survey, Historiography, and Organization 1

JOANNE MIYANG CHO

PART I

Political and Social Connections since 1945 23

2 A Bridge from Beijing to Berlin: Diplomatic and Trade Cooperation in SinoEast German Relations, 19491955 25

CHRISTINA T ILL

3 The Contribution of West German Christian Churches tothe Democratization of Korea in the 1970s and 1980s 50

SOO-HYUN MUN

4 Commemorative Culture in Korea and Germany: State Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers and Civilian Victims 68

HO-KEUN CHOI

PART II

East Asian Transnational Communities since 1945 89

5 Two Generations of KoreanGermans: From Silent Integration to Glass Ceiling 91

SUIN ROBERTS

6 The Heterogeneous Japanese Community in Dusseldorf and the Question of Social Integration: More Segregate than Integrated? 112

VANESSA TKOTZYK

PART III

Literary Connections since 1945 133

7 Reframing Footage from Deshima: Swiss Writer Adolf Muschg's Exploration of Japan and Japanese Sexuality 135

MIN ZHOU

8 Parable of the Delusionist? Hans Magnus Enzensberger's Adaptation of Lu Xun's Resurrecting the Dead 157

WENYAN GU

9 Film-Noir Features in German and Japanese Comics: Isabel Kreitz's Die Sache mit Sorge (2008) and Osamu

Tezuka's Adolf (19831985) 176

LEE M. ROBERTS

10 Yoko Tawada's Travelers and Tourists as Outsiders 200

SUSAN C. ANDERSON

PART IV

Filmic and Musical Connections since 1945 223

11 What Beethoven Means in the People's Republic of China: Hero or Demon? 225

HAO HUANG

12 Gender and Non-conformity in German and Japanese Metal Music and Subculture 247

AARON D. HORTON

13 The Road to Japan: The Tokyo Diary Films of Wim Wenders 269

BRUCE WILLIAMS