An introduction to the Buraku issue : questions and answers

Bibliographic Information

An introduction to the Buraku issue : questions and answers

by Suehiro Kitaguchi ; translated with an introduction by Alastair McLauchlan

Japan Library, 1999

Other Title

入門部落問題 : 一問一答

Nyūmon Buraku mondai : ichimon ittō

Available at  / 45 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

"First published in Japanese as Nyūmon Buraku mondai : ichimon ittō."

Translated from Japanese

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Translated with an Intoduction by Alastair McLaughlin. The extent of discrimination against the Buraku communities is one of the most sensitive issues facing the Japanese government and the social coherence of contemporary Japan.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction, Alastair McLauchlan
  • 2. Does Discrimination against the Burakumin Still Exist, Even in This Day and Age?
  • 3. Is there An Easy Path to Understanding Anti-Buraku Prejudice?
  • 4. If People Would Just Forget about It for a While, WouldnaEURO (TM)t Discrimination Go Away?
  • 5. Buraku People are Discriminated against Because They Live in Their Own Little Communities
  • 6. Buraku Ancestry, Employment and Religion are Different from Ours, arenaEURO (TM)t They?
  • 7. Why are We now Witnessing these DA wa Initiative Projects?
  • 8. Talking about Buraku Liberation Activities, What is This Denunciation Committee?
  • 9. aEURO~Apparently there has been an Increase in Discriminatory Graffiti and Posters Etc..aEURO (TM)
  • ch0010 What about the Ordinance to Regulate Personal Background Investigation Conducive to Buraku Discrimination?
  • 11. What about the Fundamental Law on Buraku Liberation?
  • 12. The Connection between Various International Covenants on Human Rights and Anti-Buraku Discrimination

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top