The Fabric of Indigeneity - Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan (Paperback)

In present-day Japan Ainu women create spaces of cultural vitalization in which they can move between ""being Ainu"" through their natal and affinal relationships and actively ""becoming Ainu"" through their craftwork. They craft these spaces despite the specter of loss that haunts the efforts of former colonial subjects, like Ainu, to reconnect with their pasts. The author synthesizes ethnographic field research, museum and archival research, and participation in cultural-revival and rights-based organizing to show how women craft Ainu and indigenous identities through clothwork and how they also fashion lived connections to ancestral values and lifestyles. She examines the connections between the transnational dialogue on global indigeneity and multiculturalism, material culture, and the social construction of gender and ethnicity in Japanese society, and she proposes new directions for the study of settler colonialism and indigenous mobilization in other Asian and Pacific nations.

General

Imprint:	University of New Mexico Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	School for Advanced Research Global Indigenous Politics Series
Release date:	October 2016
Authors:	Ann-Elise Lewallen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-8263-5736-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-8263-5736-9
Barcode:	9780826357366

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