More than one-half million people of Korean descent reside in Japan today - the largest ethnic minority in a country often assumed to be homogeneous. This timely, interdisciplinary volume 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. An international group of scholars explores commonalities and contradictions in the Korean diasporic experience, touching on such issues as citizenship and belonging, the personal and the political, and homeland and hostland.
INTRODUCTION. BETWEEN THE NATIONS: DIASPORA AND KOREANS IN JAPAN |
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1. OCCUPATIONS OF KOREA AND JAPAN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE KOREAN DIASPORA IN JAPAN |
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Mark E. Caprio and Yu Jia |
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2. FREEDOM AND HOMECOMING: NARRATIVES OF MIGRATION IN TILE REPATRIATION OF ZAINICHI KOREANS TO NORTH KOREA |
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3. VISIBLE AND VULNERABLE: THE PREDICAMENT OF KOREANS IN JAPAN |
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4. REINVENTING KOREAN ROOTS AND ZAINICHI ROUTES: THE INVISIBLE DIASPORA AMONG NATURALIZED JAPANESE OF KOREAN DESCENT |
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5. PACCHIGI! AND GO: REPRESENTING ZAINICHI IN RECENT CINEMA |
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6. THE FOREIGNER CATEGORY FOR KOREANS IN JAPAN: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS |
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7. THE POLITICS OF CONTINGENT CITIZENSHIP: KOREAN POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES |
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8. THE END OF THE ROAD? THE POST-ZAINICHI GENERATION |
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Notes |
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References |
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Contributors |
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Index |
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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