Diaspora Without Homeland - Being Korean in Japan

Informationen zum Autor Sonya Ryang is Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Studies! C. Maxwell & Elizabeth M. Stanley Family and Korea Foundation Scholar of Korean Studies! and Director of the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Iowa. John Lie is Class of 1959 Professor of Sociology and Dean of International and Area Studies at the University of California! Berkeley. Contributors: Mark E. Caprio! Erin Aeran Chung! Chikako Kashiwazaki! Ichiro Kuraishi! John Lie!Youngmi Lim! Tessa Morris-Suzuki! Sonia Ryang! Yu Jia Klappentext "Diaspora without Homeland sets a new standard for the study of Japan'sKorean diaspora. Beginning with Sonia Ryang's evocative introduction! the uniformly excellent chapters in this volume reveal the rich and complex experience of being Korean in Japan." Nancy Abelmann! University of Illinois Zusammenfassung More than one-half million people of Korean descent reside in Japan - the largest ethnic minority in a country often assumed to be homogeneous. This title blends original empirical research with the vibrant field of diaspora studies to understand the complicated history, identity, and status of the Korean minority in Japan.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Lie, Sonia Ryang, Sonia (EDT)/ Lie Ryang, Sonia Lie Ryang
• Con la collaborazione di: John Lie (Editore), Lie John (Editore), Sonia Ryang (Editore), Ryang Sonia (Editore)
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.04.2009
• EAN: 9780520098633
• ISBN: 978-0-520-09863-3
• Pagine: 236
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 228 mm x 12 mm
• Serie: Global, Area, and International Archive; Global, Area, and International Archive
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Archaeology, Social and cultural anthropology