Michael Weiner (ed.)

Japan's Minorities

The illusion of homogeneity
Herausgeber: Weiner, Michael

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780415772631
• ISBN-10: 041577263X
• Artikelnr.: 26178460

Autorenporträt

Michael Weiner is Professor of Modern Japanese History and Director of International Studies at Soka University of America

Inhaltsangabe

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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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

Rezensionen

'There is much to savor in this fine collection, one that is ideal for undergraduates and any readers curious about the dynamics of diversity in supposedly "homogeneous" Japan.' -Jeff Kingston is director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan campus, The Japan Times: Sunday, April 19, 2009