Zainichi (Koreans in Japan): Diasporic Nationalism and Postcolonial Identity

Zainichi (Koreans in Japan): Diasporic Nationalism and Postcolonial Identity
ISBN-10
0520258207
ISBN-13
9780520258204
Category
History
Pages
229
Language
English
Published
2008-11-17
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Authors
John Lie, Class of 1959 Professor and Dean of International and Area Studies John Lie

Description

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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