Japan's Minorities

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.

Presents an introduction to the formation of individual minorities, and an analysis of the contemporary situation. This book identifies and explores the six principal minority groups in Japan: the Ainu, the Burakumin, the Chinese, the Koreans, the Nikkeijin and the Okinawans.

'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

Autorentext

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

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt

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