Japan's minorities : the illusion of homogeneity
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Japan's minorities : the illusion of homogeneity
(The Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge series, 38)
Routledge, 2009
2nd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 96 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First edition published 1997 by Routledge"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- 'Self' and 'other' in imperial Japan / Michael Weiner
- The Ainu : indigenous people of Japan / Richard M. Siddle
- 'Mixed-blood' Japanese : a reconsideration of race and purity in Japan / Robert A. Fish
- Burakumin in contemporary Japan / Ian J. Neary
- The other other : the black presence in the Japanese experience / John G. Russell
- Creating a transnational community : Chinese newcomers in Japan / Gracia Liu-Farrer
- Multiethnic Japan and Nihonjin : looking through two exhibitions in 2004 Osaka / Eika Tai
- Zainichi Koreans in history and memory / Michael Weiner and David Chapman
- Okinawa, ambivalence, identity, and Japan / Matthew Allen
- Japanese-Brazilian ethnic return migration and the making of Japan's newest immigrant minority / Takeyuki (Gaku) Tsuda
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Based on original research, Japan's Minorities provides a clear historical introduction to the formation of individual minorities, followed by an analysis of the contemporary situation.
This second edition identifies and explores the six principal minority groups in Japan: the Ainu, the Burakumin, the Chinese, the Koreans, the Nikkeijin and the Okinawans. Examining the ways in which the Japanese have manipulated historical events, such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the contributors reveal the presence of an underlying concept of 'Japaneseness' that excludes members of these minorities. The book addresses key themes including:
the role of this ideology of 'race' in the construction of the Japanese identity
historical memory and its suppression
contemporary labour migration to Japan
the three-hundred year existence of Chinese communities in Japan
mixed-race children in Japan
the feminization of contemporary migration to Japan.
Still the only scholarly examination of issues of race, ethnicity and marginality in Japan from both a historical and comparative perspective, this new edition will be essential reading for scholars and students of Japanese studies, ethnic and racial studies, culture and society, anthropology and politics.
Table of Contents
1. Self' and 'Other' in Imperial Japan 2. The Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan 3. "Mixed-Blood" Japanese: A Reconsideration of Race and Purity in Japan 4. Burakumin in Contemporary Japan 5. The Other Other: The Black Presence in The Japanese Experience 6. Creating a Transnational Community: Chinese Newcomers in Japan. 7. Multiethnic Japan and Nihonjin: Looking through Two Exhibitions in 2004 Osaka 8. Zainichi Koreans in History and Memory 9. Okinawa, Ambivalence, Identity, and Japan 10. Japanese Brazilian Ethnic Return Migration and the Making of Japan's Newest Immigrant Minority
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