The return of the Ainu : cultural mobilization and the practice of ethnicity in Japan

Author(s)

• Sjöberg, Katarina

Bibliographic Information

The return of the Ainu : cultural mobilization and the practice of ethnicity in Japan

Katarina Sjöberg

（Studies in anthropology and history, v. 9）

Harwood Academic Publishers, c1993

Note

Bibliography: p. 205-215

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First Published in 1993. This book is the outcome of a project called Intercultural Relations in Japan with Special Reference to the Integration of the Ainu. The author's main concern is the phenomenon called Fourth World Populations. After having read a book entitled Aiona by the French linguist Pierre Naert, she decided to investigate further the Ainu people and their integration into the Japanese nation state.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Theme and objectives
• Chapter 2 The ethnographic encounter
• Chapter 3 Analytical framework
• Chapter 4 The Reconstruction of the "Traditional" Ainu Society
• Chapter 5 The Ainu in prehistoric and historic time
• Chapter 6 The integration of the Ainu People and their land
• Chapter 7 Mr Ainu
• Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusion

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Details

• NCID: BA21751796
• ISBN:
  • 3718654016
• LCCN: 93016634
• Country Code: sz
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chur, Switzerland ; Berkshire, UK ; Philadelphia, Penn.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 221 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS832
  • DC20 : 305.89/46
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ainu
  • LCSH : Japan -- Ethnic relations
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA1962979X