1st Edition

Language and Citizenship in Japan

Edited By Nanette Gottlieb Copyright 2012
240 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The relationship between language and citizenship in Japan has traditionally been regarded as a fixed tripartite: ‘Japanese citizenship’ means ‘Japanese ethnicity,’ which in turn means ‘Japanese as one’s first language.’ Historically, most non-Japanese who have chosen to take out citizenship have been members of the ‘oldcomer’ Chinese and Korean communities, born and raised in Japan. But this is... Read more

1. Language, citizenship, and identity in Japan Nanette Gottlieb  2. After homogeneity: maintaining unity in a linguistically diversifying Japan Patrick Heinrich  3. ‘It’s better if they speak broken Japanese’: Language as a pathway or an obstacle to citizenship in Japan? Chris Burgess  4. Languages and citizenship in education: Migrant languages in government schools Kaori H. Okano  5. Children Crossing Borders and their citizenship in Japan| Ikuo Kawakami  6. Remedial language education and citizenship: Examining the JSL classroom as an ethnic project Robert Moorehead  7. Gender capital and the educated citizen: Japanese mothers speaking of language acquisition and education for foreign children Genaro Castro-Vázquez  8. Cultural citizenship and the hierarchy of foreign languages: Japanese Brazilians' views on the status of English and Portuguese in Japan Ernani Oda  9. Language rights of non-Japanese defendants in Japanese criminal courts
Ikuko Nakane  10. English is my home: Citizenship, language, and identity in the Ogasawara Islands David Chapman and Daniel Long  11. Multilingual or Easy Japanese? Promoting citizenship via local government websites Tessa Carroll

Biography

Nanette Gottlieb is Professor of Japanese Studies in the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland.