Multicultural Japan

Palaeolithic to Postmodern

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Paperback | 20 November 2001

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This book challenges the conventional view of Japanese society as monocultural and homogenous. Unique for its historical breadth and interdisciplinary orientation, Multicultural Japan ranges from prehistory to the present, arguing that cultural diversity has always existed in Japan. A timely and provocative discussion of identity politics regarding the question of 'Japaneseness', the book traces the origins of the Japanese, examining Japan's indigenous people and the politics of archaeology, using the latter to link Japan's ancient history with contemporary debates on identity. Also examined are Japan's historical connections with Europe and East and Southeast Asia, ideology, family, culture and past and present.

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"...Donald Denoon, Mark Hudson, Gavan McCormack, and Tessa Morris-Suzuki have given us an eminently intriguing and compelling collection of essays." The Historian

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List of Figures and Tables	p. v
List of Contributors	p. vi
Abbreviations	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Archaeology and Identity
The Japanese as an Asia-Pacific Population	p. 19
North Kyushu Creole: a language-contact model for the origins of Japanese	p. 31
Beyond Ethnicity and Emergence in Japanese Archaeology	p. 46
Archaeology and Japanese Identity	p. 60
Centre and Periphery
A Descent into the Past: the frontier in the construction of Japanese history	p. 81
The Place of Okinawa in Japanese Historial Identity	p. 95
Ainu Moshir and Yaponesia: Ainu and Okinawan identities in contemporary Japan	p. 117
Contact with the Outside
Some Reflections on Identity Formation in East Asia in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries	p. 135
Siam and Japan in Pre-Modern Times: a note on mutual images	p. 153
Indonesia under the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere'	p. 160
Japanese Army Internment Policies for Enemy Civilians during the Asia-Pacific War	p. 174
The Japanese Family
Modern Patriarchy and the Formation of the Japanese Nation State	p. 213
The Modern Japanese Family System: unique or universal?	p. 224
Culture and Ideology
Emperor, Race, and Commoners	p. 235
Two Interpretations of Japanese Culture	p. 245
Kokusaika: impediments in Japan's deep structure	p. 265
Afterword: Diversity and Identity in the Twenty-First Century	p. 287
Index	p. 293
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Palaeolithic to Postmodern

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