| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 歷史學系 === 103 === Historical Memory, one of the most popular subject in historical profession, especially war memories, attracted by modern history scholars.
A significant relationship exist in war memories, state-building, national identity. Those in power attach importance to shape national identity in public. To achieve the purpose, making have the same memories by propaganda and education.
In 1937, Government of the Republic of China to propagandize Second Battle of Shanghai as an important symbol in Period of War against Japan by newspapers and periodicals and documentary films. Postwar, some heroes appeared in textbook and films and commemorations. Distracting the truth is the consequences of failure in Second Battle of Shanghai. With this series of propaganda, Kuomintang established a history viewpoint: the only legitimate successor of China.
The process of shaping war memories, however, were change because of different time and enemies. After 1980s, in particular, the rising of Taiwanese Identity thinking has become a challenge to Chinese Identity war memories. Interpretation of the war memories between Taiwanese Identity and Chinese Identity has become a battleground both inside and outside the academic even today.
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