Negotiating identity in contemporary Japan : the case of kikokushijo

Author(s)

• Pang, Ching Lin

Bibliographic Information

Negotiating identity in contemporary Japan : the case of kikokushijo

Ching Lin Pang

（Japanese studies）

Kegan Paul International, 2000

Note

Includes bibliographical reference (p. 318-329) and index

Publisher of 2009 printing: Routledge

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 2000. This book aims to study the shifting identity of Japanese returnees(kikokushijo) within a migrational context. The core findings, based on literature and fieldwork in Brussels and Japan.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Theoretical and Methodological Issues
• Part 1 At the Macro Level
• Chapter 3 In Search of an Ethnonational Identity
• Chapter 4 Nihonbunkaron in the Postwar Era
• Chapter 5 Internationalization
• Chapter 6 Migrant Workers in Japan
• Part 2 At the Median Level
• Chapter 7 Centrality of Japanese Education
• Chapter 8 Social Construction of Kikokushijo
• Chapter 9 The Host Society
• Part 3 At the Micro Level
• Chapter 10 A Returnee Family
• Chapter 11 Returnees and their School in Brussels
• Chapter 12 The International Nanzan High and Middle School (Nanzan Kokusai Kootoo Gakkoo, Kokusai Chuugaku)
• Chapter 13 Conclusion

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA47481008
• ISBN:
  • 9780710306517
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 337 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Returned students -- Japan -- Case studies
  • LCSH : School children -- Japan -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Reverse culture shock -- Japan
  • LCSH : Student adjustment -- Japan
  • LCSH : Education -- Japan
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00404105