1st Edition
The Return of Ainu Cultural mobilization and the practice of ethnicity in Japan
By Katarina Sjoberg
Copyright 1993
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1993. This book is the outcome of a project called Intercultural Relations in Japan with Special Reference to the Integration of the Ainu. The author’s main concern is the phenomenon called Fourth World Populations. After having read a book entitled Aiona by the French linguist Pierre Naert, she decided to investigate further the Ainu people and their integration into the Japanese nation state.
Chapter 1 Theme and objectives; Chapter 2 The ethnographic encounter; Chapter 3 Analytical framework; Chapter 4 The Reconstruction of the “Traditional” Ainu Society; Chapter 5 The Ainu in prehistoric and historic time; Chapter 6 The integration of the Ainu People and their land; Chapter 7 Mr Ainu; Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusion;
Biography
Katarina V. Sjoberg
