Under a Global Mask: Family Narratives and Local Memory in a Global Social Movement in Japan
In: Societies Without Borders, Vol 4, No 2, 2010, pp. 117-140
This study of the Japanese branch of the global World Peace Now movement, which organizes synchronized 'waves of protest', examines the motives for taking part in such peace activism. The author focuses especially on personal experiences, family narratives and local collective memory.