Japan's Outcaste Abolition : The Struggle for National Inclusion and the Making of the Modern State

ISBN-13: 9780415501323 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 216 str.

Noah McCormack

Opis

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Recenzje

"the work provides a compelling examination of the role of domestic and international politics in changing Japan’s status hierarchy, particularly for those on the margins of society. It would be a valuable resource not just for historical studies of marginality, but for anyone, from advanced undergraduates on, in understanding how policies that are derived from creating modern nation state (such as ideologies of commonality and equality) are intertwined with changing beliefs and practices." Christopher Bondy, International Christian University, Social Science Japan Journal

Spis treści

1. Outcaste Status after Equality  2. A Status Society  3. Outcaste Status  4. Rationality, Enlightenment and Outcaste Abolition  5. Defiled Bloodlines  6. Foreign Origins as Stigma  7. The Stigma of Place  8. Assimilation as Liberation  9. Conclusion

O autorze

Noah Y. McCormack is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan.