Japan's Ainu Minority in Tokyo: Diasporic Indigeneity and Urban Politics

ISBN-13: 9781138206038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 190 str.

Mark K. Watson

Opis

Japan’s Ainu minority live mainly in the northern island of Hokkaido, where their distinctive identity and cultural practices are recognised and protected. A significant proportion of the Ainu, however, live in the greater Tokyo area, where their special status is not recognised in the same way. This book, based on extensive original research, explores the way of life of these urban Ainu.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Ainu in Tokyo  2. Diasporic Indigeneity: Place, Experience and Translocalism  3. How Far South is North? Questioning the Regionalization of Ainu Life  4. Cosmopolitan Tokyo Ainu History  5. Rera Cise: A Home in the City  6. Ritual as Moral Practice: The Icharpa and Ainu Ceremonies in Tokyo  7. Making Ainu Citizens: The Politics of the CPA and Everyday Life  8. Conclusion: Tokyo Ainu and Urban Indigenous Studies  9. Epilogue: The End of a Paradigm? 2008 and Beyond

O autorze

MarkWatson is an Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.