The Return of Ainu: Cultural mobilization and the practice of ethnicity in JapanRoutledge, 2013 M10 31 - 234 pages 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. |
Contents
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THREE Analytical framework | 26 |
nationalism and culture | 35 |
FOUR The reconstruction of the traditional Ainu society | 50 |
FIVE The Ainu in prehistoric and historic time | 84 |
The fate of the Honshu Ainu | 97 |
SIX The integration of the Ainu people and their land | 116 |
SEVEN Mr Ainu | 144 |
EIGHT Summary and conclusion | 181 |
A recent interpretation of the Moshir | 191 |
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The Return of Ainu: Cultural Mobilization and the Practice of Ethnicity in Japan Katarina Sjoberg No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
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