Race et identité au Japon
The terms “race" and "racism" originated in Europe and were imported into the vocabulary of modern Japanese. How did Meiji Japanese intellectuals react to the classification of the Japanese people as the “yellow race”? Was Japanese identity constructed through the appropriation of whi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Les Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme
2023-11-01
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Series: | Socio |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/socio/14663 |
Summary: | The terms “race" and "racism" originated in Europe and were imported into the vocabulary of modern Japanese. How did Meiji Japanese intellectuals react to the classification of the Japanese people as the “yellow race”? Was Japanese identity constructed through the appropriation of white civilization, including colonialism? To what extent are the notions of "race" and "racism" applicable to the analysis of discrimination of various kinds in Japanese society? |
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ISSN: | 2266-3134 2425-2158 |