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


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.

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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.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

University of California Press

Country of origin

United States

Series

Global, Area, and International Archive

Release date

October 2008

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

November 2008

Authors

Dimensions

229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

243

ISBN-13

978-0-520-25820-4

Barcode

9780520258204

Categories

LSN

0-520-25820-7



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