2nd Edition

Japan's Minorities The illusion of homogeneity

Edited By Michael Weiner Copyright 2009
256 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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. This second edition identifies and explores the six principal minority groups in Japan: the Ainu, the Burakumin, the Chinese, the Koreans, the Nikkeijin and the Okinawans. Examining the ways in which the... Read more

1. Self’ and ‘Other’ in Imperial Japan Michael A. Weiner  2. The Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan Richard M. Siddle  3. "Mixed-Blood" Japanese: A Reconsideration of Race and Purity in Japan Robert A. Fish  4. Burakumin in Contemporary Japan Ian J. Neary  5. The Other Other: The Black Presence in The Japanese Experience John Russell  6. Creating a Transnational Community: Chinese Newcomers in Japan. Gracia Liu-Farrer  7. Multiethnic Japan and Nihonjin: Looking through Two Exhibitions in 2004 Osaka Eika Tai  8. Zainichi Koreans in History and Memory Michael Weiner & David Chapman  9. Okinawa, Ambivalence, Identity, and Japan Matthew Allen  10. Japanese Brazilian Ethnic Return Migration and the Making of Japan’s Newest Immigrant Minority Takeyuki Tsuda

Biography

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

'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