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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nobutaka Miura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Les Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme 2023-11-01
Series:Socio
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/socio/14663
_version_ 1797311861803188224
author Nobutaka Miura
author_facet Nobutaka Miura
author_sort Nobutaka Miura
collection DOAJ
description 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?
first_indexed 2024-03-08T02:06:51Z
format Article
id doaj.art-948fd94f78fa424db418c5541808c783
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2266-3134
2425-2158
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-08T02:06:51Z
publishDate 2023-11-01
publisher Les Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme
record_format Article
series Socio
spelling doaj.art-948fd94f78fa424db418c5541808c7832024-02-13T15:42:52ZengLes Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’HommeSocio2266-31342425-21582023-11-01189310410.4000/socio.14663Race et identité au JaponNobutaka MiuraThe 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?https://journals.openedition.org/socio/14663race and racismandyellow perilethnic monorities in Japanacism without race
spellingShingle Nobutaka Miura
Race et identité au Japon
Socio
race and racism
and
yellow peril
ethnic monorities in Japan
acism without race
title Race et identité au Japon
title_full Race et identité au Japon
title_fullStr Race et identité au Japon
title_full_unstemmed Race et identité au Japon
title_short Race et identité au Japon
title_sort race et identite au japon
topic race and racism
and
yellow peril
ethnic monorities in Japan
acism without race
url https://journals.openedition.org/socio/14663
work_keys_str_mv AT nobutakamiura raceetidentiteaujapon