Zainichi (Koreans in Japan) - Diasporic Nationalism and Postcolonial Identity

Informationen zum Autor John Lie is Class of 1959 Professor of Sociology and Dean of International and Area Studies at the University of California! Berkeley. Klappentext This book traces the origins and transformations of a people-the "Zainichi," or Koreans "residing in Japan." Using a wide range of arguments and evidence-historical and comparative, political and social, literary and pop-cultural-John Lie reveals the social and historical conditions that gave rise to Zainichi identity, while exploring its vicissitudes and complexity. In the process he sheds light on the vexing topics of diaspora, migration, identity, and group formation. Zusammenfassung Traces the origins and transformations of a people-the Zainichi, or Koreans 'residing in Japan'. Using a range of arguments and evidence, this work reveals the social and historical conditions that gave rise to Zainichi identity, while exploring its vicissitudes and complexity. It focuses on topics of diaspora, migration and group formation.

Product details

• Authors: John Lie, Lie John
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2008
• EAN: 9780520258204
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25820-4
• No. of pages: 243
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Global, Area, and International Archive
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Globalization, Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, HISTORY / Asia / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Asian History