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Diaspora without Homeland: Being Korean in Japan

By John Lie , Sonia Ryang

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0520098633, 9780520098633
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1946119 bytes)
Series
Global, Area, and International Archive
Edition
1
Pages
236\236
Time added
2012-09-03 17:13:50

Description

More than one-half million people of Korean descent reside in Japan today--the largest ethnic minority in a country often assumed to be homogeneous. This timely, interdisciplinary volume blends original empirical research with the vibrant field of diaspora studies to understand the complicated history, identity, and status of the Korean minority in Japan. An international group of scholars explores commonalities and contradictions in the Korean diasporic experience, touching on such issues as citizenship and belonging, the personal and the political, and homeland and hostland.

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