A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in Japan

Yuko Kawai

doi:10.5771/9781498599016

Summary

In this book, Yuko Kawai departs from the common conception of Japan as an ethnically homogenous nation. A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in Japan investigates the construction of Japaneseness from a transnational perspective, examining ways to make Japanese nationhood more inclusive. Kawai analyzes a variety of communicational practices during the first two decades of the twenty-first century while situating Japaneseness in its longer historical transformation from the late nineteenth century. Kawai focuses on governmental and popular ideas of Japaneseness in light of local, global, historical, and contemporary contexts as well as in relation to a diverse array of Others in both Asia and the West.

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-9900-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-9901-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 160
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. A Note on Personal Names No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
Chapter 1 Japaneseness, Western and Japanese Concepts of Race, and Modalities of Racism No access Pages 1 - 24
Chapter 2 Neoliberal Nationalism and Japaneseness No access Pages 25 - 48
Chapter 3 Remembering Japanese Americans and Japanese Brazilians for Japaneseness No access Pages 49 - 70
Chapter 4 Using China and Korea for Japaneseness No access Pages 71 - 100
Chapter 5 Entering the West and Encountering Asia No access Pages 101 - 122
Conclusion No access Pages 123 - 128
References No access Pages 129 - 152
Index No access Pages 153 - 158
About the Author No access Pages 159 - 160