A Genealogy of Japanese Self-Images by Askew, David

A Genealogy of Japanese Self-Images (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781876843830)

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A Genealogy of Japanese Self-Images by Askew, David

A Genealogy of Japanese Self-Images

$79.95
A Genealogy of Japanese Self-Images by Askew, David

A Genealogy of Japanese Self-Images

$79.95
Format: Hardcover
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This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation since the Meiji period. Eiji Oguma demonstrates that the myth of ethnic homogeneity was not established during the Meiji period, nor during the Pacific War, but only after the end of the war. The study covers a large range of areas, including archaeology, ancient history, linguistics, anthropology, ethnology, folk law, eugenics and philosophy, to obtain an overview of how a variety of authors dealt with the theme of ethnicity. It also examines how this myth of homogeneity arose and how the peoples of such Japanese colonies as Korea and Taiwan were viewed in the pre-war literature on ethnic identity. This is the first English translation of A Genealogy of "Japanese" Self-Images, which won the Suntory Culture Award in 1996.

Author: David Askew,Eiji Oguma
ISBN-10: 1876843837
ISBN-13: 9781876843830
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2002
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.40d
By David Askew
By David Askew
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OGUMA Eiji is a Japanese sociologist and Professor in the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University specializing in historical sociology and correlated social sciences.

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