Belonging in Translation: Solidarity and Migrant Activism in Japan

ISBN-13: 9781529201871 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 208 str.

Reiko Shindo

Opis

This is the first book to investigate how migrants and migrant rights activists work together to generate new forms of citizenship identities in a multilingual setting. Shindo's original approach to language and translation provides fresh insight into citizenship and community.

Spis treści

Introduction 1.Language as a Contested Site of Belonging 2.Solidarity Activism? Rethinking Citizenship Through Inaudibility 3.Silence and the Image of Helplessness: The Challenge of Tozen Union 4.Rewriting the Meaning of Silence: Latin American Migrant Workers from Kanagawa City Union 5.The Hidden Space of Mediation: Migrant Volunteers, Immigration Lawyers, and Interpreters 6.Untranslatable Community: Toward a Gothic Way of Speaking Conclusion