Publication

1997-01-15 - Routledge

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number97150455
  • LibraryThing807288

Classifications

  • LCCDS830 .J36 1997

Description

Despite a master narrative of cultural and racial homogeneity, Japan is home to diverse populations. In the face of systematic exclusions and marginalization, minority groups have consistently challenged the subordinate identities imposed by the Japanese majority. Japan's Minorities addresses a broad range of issues associated with the six principal minority groups in Japan: Ainu, Burakumin, Chinese, Koreans, Nikkeijin, and Okinawans. The contributors to this volume show how an overarching discourse of homogeneity has been deployed to exclude the historical experience of minority groups in Japan. The chapters provide clear historical introductions to particular groups and place their experiences in the context of contemporary Japanese society.

First Sentence

Nationalism are rarely consistent in content; what remains permanent are their bases in national consciousness.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Japan's Minorities: The Illusion of Homogeneity (Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series)Routledge1997-01-15

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