War and memory in Malaysia and Singapore

by Patricia Pui Huen Lim (Editor), P. Lim Pui Huen (Editor)

This volume consists of selected papers presented at a workshop on War and Memory in Malaysia and Singapore to commemorate the 50th anniversary of World War II, plus two additional papers. The papers reveal the importance of oral history where documentary records are lacking.

193 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2000

Reviews

[Rachael Lum · Rating 3 out of 5]

War and Memory in Malaysia and Singapore consists of several essays on the social and collective memories of the Japanese Occupation in the region. The detailed sections on education, forced labour, torture methods and the monuments in Johor makes them affecting. And I enjoyed the argument on how post-war memory can be selective and propagandaic. There is perhaps more that can be pursued on the social effects, but overall it covers a good deal on those terrible times.