The Myth of Japanese Homogeneity
Title | The Myth of Japanese Homogeneity PDF eBook |
Author | Herman W. Smith |
Publisher | Nova Science Publishers |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Education |
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Japan's Minorities
Title | Japan's Minorities PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Weiner |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | 257 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Ethnicity |
ISBN | 041577263X |
Examining the ways in which the Japanese have manipulated historical memory, the contributors reveal the presence of an underlying concept of 'Japaneseness' that excludes members of the principal minority groups in Japan.
Japan's Minorities
Title | Japan's Minorities PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Weiner |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 414 |
Release | 2003-07-13 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134744412 |
Provides clear historical introductions to the six principal ethnic minority groups in Japan, including the Ainu, Chinese, Koreans and Okinawans, and discusses their place in contemporary Japanese society.
Construction of Ethnicity and Minorities in Japan, an Examination of Nation-building and the Japanese Myth of Homogeneity
Title | Construction of Ethnicity and Minorities in Japan, an Examination of Nation-building and the Japanese Myth of Homogeneity PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | |
Release | 1998 |
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A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images
Title | A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images PDF eBook |
Author | Eiji Oguma |
Publisher | ISBS |
Total Pages | 486 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781876843045 |
Eiji Oguma demonstrates that the myth of ethnic homogeneity was not established during the Meiji period, nor during the Pacific War, but only after the end of World War II. Oguma also examines how the peoples of the Japanese colonies were viewed in prewarliterature on ethnic identity.
Hegemony of Homogeneity
Title | Hegemony of Homogeneity PDF eBook |
Author | Harumi Befu |
Publisher | Japanese Society |
Total Pages | 204 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Nihonjinron is the Japanese term for Japanese national character, or the way the Japanese characterize themselves. Befu, a bilingual anthropologist who has studied Japan for 40 years, examines hundreds of original Japanese sources, and argues that Nihonjinron is a civil religion for the Japanese and that it responds to the country's political and economic environment. Befu is professor emeritus at Stanford University and has taught at universities in Japan, Europe, and Latin America. The book is distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.
Multiethnic Japan
Title | Multiethnic Japan PDF eBook |
Author | John Lie |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 2009-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674040175 |
Multiethnic Japan challenges the received view of Japanese society as ethnically homogeneous. Employing a wide array of arguments and evidence--historical and comparative, interviews and observations, high literature and popular culture--John Lie recasts modern Japan as a thoroughly multiethnic society. Lie casts light on a wide range of minority groups in modern Japanese society, including the Ainu, Burakumin (descendants of premodern outcasts), Chinese, Koreans, and Okinawans. In so doing, he depicts the trajectory of modern Japanese identity. Surprisingly, Lie argues that the belief in a monoethnic Japan is a post-World War II phenomenon, and he explores the formation of the monoethnic ideology. He also makes a general argument about the nature of national identity, delving into the mechanisms of social classification, signification, and identification.