A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness
Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in Japan- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2020
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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Bibliographic data
- 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
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- A Note on Personal Names No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- 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





