Diversity in Japanese Culture and Language
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- ISBN 9780710304773
- Weight: 800g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 04 Jan 1995
- Publisher: Kegan Paul
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is the first in-depth study of the other Japan - the diverse and complex culture that belies the conventional portrayal of Japan as a homogenous entity. Moving, fascinating and surprising, this book sets out the largely untold story of the cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity found in Japan today, where members of marginal societal groups are ignored by the mainstream on the grounds of physical, ethnic, religious or other differences. Among them are the Ainu, Koreans, Buraku, women, returnees and the deaf, for all of whom this work serves as a forum to give eloquent voice to their history and present situation. This unique study describes the existing plurality in Japan in order to start balancing the perspectives which currently exist in the non-Japanese literature about Japan; to challenge the myth of Japanese uniqueness by focusing on very common experiences that Japanese people share with peoples in other parts of the world; and above all, to counteract the common tendency to see complexity as a threat by illustrating the value to society as a whole of diversity and cultural plurality.
John Maher PhD studied philosophy and linguistics at the Universities of London, Michigan and Edinburgh. He is Associate Professor of Linguistics at International Christian University, Tokyo. Gaynor Macdonald studied sociology and politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, and social anthropology at the University of Sydney. She is Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Aboriginal Studies at the University of Western Sydney - Macarthur.
