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"Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier."
- Kathleen Norias,
Hands Full of Living,
1931
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ZIN Product Number: 10513920
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 Format: Hardcover, 330 pages
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
ISBN: 1876843004
Release Date: Jan 9, 2000
| |  | | | In Brief
This study seeks to dispel the myth that Japan is a homogenous nation. Part I includes brief accounts of the young Koreans' history and present circumstances and identifies their five broad types of ethnic identity: pluralist, nationalist, individualist, naturalizing, and ethnic solidarity types. Part II presents case studies of young ethnic Ko
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Based on 'life-history interviews' with a number of young Zainichi Koreans in Japan, this study identifies their five broad types of ethnic identity: the pluralist, nationalist, individualist, naturalizing, and ethnic solidarity types. The study also presents case studies of young ethnic Korean women living within Japanese society. Pointing the way towards the eradication of racism, Fukuoka's book will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary Japan or minority studies.
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Yasunori Fukuoka is currently Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Saitama University, Urawa, Japan. Born in 1947 and graduating from the University of Tokyo, he has established himself as a leading researcher in minority issues in Japan. Together with his colleagues, Professor Fukuoka established the Japanese Association for Human Liberation in 1985 and was its President from 1993 to 1998. He has written mnay Japanese-language books on problems of social and ethnic discrimination in Japan.
| |  | | | | Preface | | | Acknowledgments | | | Introduction: 'Japanese' and 'Non-Japanese' | | | 1 | The History of Japan's Korean Minority | 3 | | 2 | Japan's Korean Minority Today | 21 | | 3 | A Typology of Zainichi Identities | 42 | | 4 | Learning to Live with the Japanese | | | 5 | For the Sake of Our Fellow Zainichis | | | 6 | Living as Overseas Nationals | | | 7 | Going It Alone | | | 8 | Turning Japanese | | | 9 | A Dream Is a Dream: The story of Nam Seol-Ji | 147 | | 10 | Diplomatic Incidents: The story of Chong Mi-Young-Ja | 155 | | 11 | This Japanese Is Still Korean: The story of Oh Mika | 162 | | 12 | Mixed Blood, Mixed Feelings: The story of Yoon Cho-Ja | 170 | | 13 | Lifting the Fog: The story of Kang Soon-Ja | 179 | | 14 | 'I Hate Japan, but I'll Live Here Anyway: The story of Park Yang-Ja | 188 | | 15 | Not Japanese, Not Korean but Zainichi: The story of Kim Myung-Mi | 196 | | 16 | In Search of Self-Fulfillment: The story of Kim Jung-Mi | 205 | | 17 | Looking for a Way Out: The story of Sung Soon-Ja | 214 | | 18 | Making Japan a Place Where Koreans Can Be Themselves: The story of Kim Jung-Yi | 224 | | 19 | Japanese Nationality Not Good Enough to Beg for: The story of Cha Yuk-Ja | 234 | | 20 | Floating on the Tide of Assimilation: The story of Kim Yang-Ja | 243 | | Conclusion: Towards a Society of Peaceful Coexistence | 251 | | Notes | 271 | | References | 320 | | Glossary | 323 | | Index | 326 |
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