The Return of the Ainu: Cultural Mobilization and the Practice of Ethnicity in JapanPsychology Press, 1993 - 221 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
TWO The ethnographic encounter | 12 |
THREE Analytical framework | 26 |
nationalism and culture | 35 |
FOUR The reconstruction of the traditional Ainu society | 50 |
FIVE | 70 |
The Ainu in prehistoric and historic time | 84 |
The fate of the Honshu Ainu | 97 |
The period before Ezo was annexed to Nihon proper | 104 |
The Ainu as an international entity | 139 |
Discrimination against Nibutanis Ainu population | 171 |
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
aboriginal According actually Ainu activities Ainu culture Ainu Itak Ainu language Ainu male Ainu Moshir Ainu population Ainu society Ainu territory Ainu view Ainu-style Akan ancestors areas Asahikawa authorities in Nihon Bakufu Batchelor beliefs belong Biratori Burakumin ceremony Chise concept cultural mobilization district in Hokkaido Ekashi Emishi ethnic group ethnography exist fact female Geiser Hidaka Honshu hunting Iburi identity ideology immigrants Inau interest interpretation interview with Ainu Iyomante Japan Japanese Kamuy Kayano Kodama Kojiki Koshi Kotan Kushiro Kyuudojin larger society living mainland Matsumae Matsumae Han Meiji Meiji Restoration Munro Naert natives Nibutani Nihon nation Nihon proper Nihongo Nihonjin Nihonshoki official Ohnuki-Tierney 1981 Peng period policy of assimilation political position present problem Ramat region ritual Sapporo Saru River Shakushain Shamo Shigeru Kayano Shiraoi Shizunai situation social strategies Takakura theory things tourist centres trade tradition un-guru Utari Kyokai 1987b village Wajin Watanabe Yukar