Transcultural Japan At the Borderlands of Race, Gender and Identity [Paperback]

Historically Japan has alternated between periods of celebration of a diverse, multicultural society and severe spells of xenophobia and persecution of the Other. This collection of multidisciplinary essays re-introduces the idea of Japan as a multicultural society and reflects a rapidly changing Japan as the Japanese confront a new range of diversity in their midst.

Shedding new light on the manifestations of difference in Japan from a diverse range of authors and perspectives, this extraordinary book is a study of those persons who are very much part of Japanese society today, but whose voices have long been neglected, silenced or oppressed.

Written in accessible language, this broad-based volume is an attractive and useful resource for students and academics, as well as being a timely and revealing contribution to research scholars and for those interested in the phenomena of cultural identities and transformations.

Foreword 1. Ethnoscapes and the Discourse of The Other in 21^stCentury Japan David Blake Willis2. The Racialization of Japan William Wetherall3. Positioning Oneself in the Japanese Nation State: The Hokkaido Ainu Case Katarina Sjoberg4. A Perfectly Ordinary Ethnic Korean in Japan? Kyo Nobuko5. The Marvelous in the Real: Images of Burakumin in Modern Japanese Fiction Yoshiko Yokochi Samuel6. From Ethnic Ghetto to Gourmet Republic: The Changing Image of Kobes Chinatown and the Ambiguity of Being Chinese in Modern Japan Tsu Yun Hui7. Japanese- Brazilian Migrants in the Land of Yen and the Ancestors- Between Priviledge and Prejudice Angelo Akimitsu Ishi andJornal Tudo Bem8. Okinawan Diasporic Identities: Between Being a Buffer and a Bridge Wesley Ueunten9. Becoming a Better Muslim Identity Narratives of Muslim Foreign Workers in Japanl3©