Belonging in Translation - Solidarity and Migrant Activism in Japan

This is the first book to investigate how migrants and migrant rights activists work together to generate new forms of citizenship identities in a multilingual setting. Shindo's original approach to language and translation provides fresh insight into citizenship and community.

About the author

Reiko Shindo is Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Humanities at Coventry University. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on citizenship and community and cuts across various fields of studies including political geography, migration studies, political theory, and Japanese studies.

Summary

This is the first book to investigate how migrants and migrant rights activists work together to generate new forms of citizenship identities in a multilingual setting. Based on robust theoretical engagement and detailed empirical analysis, Shindo's book makes a compelling case for rethinking citizenship and community from the angle of language.

Product details

• Authors: Reiko Shindo
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781529201871
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-0187-1
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Series: Global migration and social change; Global Migration and Social Ch
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education