Momoyo K. Shibuya

Interethnic Attitude that Matters

The Structure of Japanese Ethnic Distance in The Global Context

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In an increase in interethnic interactions inside and outside the country, Japanese duality of attitude vis-à-vis the East and the West has been problematised. There seems to be a difference in the level of the expressed ethnic distance, resulting in Asians perceiving Japanese attitude towards them as discriminatory and in sharp contrast to the favourism they accord to westerners; though little has been revealed about Japanese explicit ethnic distance. This book examines acculturation patterns of overseas Japanese communities as an embodiment of ethnic distance in order to provide a new understanding of Japanese interethnic behaviour. Instead of using traditional research methods, a different approach (using the content of the ethnic community newspapers as a distant measurement) is employed. The analysis should help describe the structure of Japanese ethnic distance in a global context, and should serve as the foundation for further research of the problem of Japanese interethnic competence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9783838336053
• ISBN-10: 3838336054
• Artikelnr.: 28512735

Autorenporträt

Profesor de Comunicación Internacional en la Universidad de Saitama (Japón). Estudió Comunicación Internacional con especialización en Medios de Comunicación y Relaciones Étnicas en la Universidad Macquarie, Australia, y obtuvo el doctorado en 2004. Después de trabajar en la televisión y en centros de estudios educativos como investigadora, se incorporó a SU en 2007.