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Looking at a range of cases from around the Transpacific, the
contributors to this book explore the complex formulations of race
and racism emerging from transoceanic migrations and encounters in
the region. Asia has a history of ceaseless, active, and
multidirectional migration, which continues to bear multilayered
and complex genetic diversity. The traditional system of rank order
between groups of people in Asia consisted of multiple "invisible"
differences in variegated entanglements, including descent,
birthplace, occupation, and lifestyle. Transpacific migration
brought about the formation of multilayered and complex racial
relationships, as the physically indistinguishable yet
multifacetedly racialized groups encountered the hegemonic racial
order deriving from the transatlantic experience of racialization
based on "visible" differences. Each chapter in this book examines
a different case study, identifying their complexities and
particularities while contributing to a broad view of the
possibilities for solidarity and human connection in a context of
domination and discrimination. These cases include the
dispossession of the Ainu people, the experiences of Burakumin
emigrants in America, the policing of colonial Singapore, and data
governance in India. A fascinating read for sociologists,
anthropologists, and historians, especially those with a particular
focus on the Asian and Pacific regions.
Looking at a range of cases from around the Transpacific, the
contributors to this book explore the complex formulations of race
and racism emerging from transoceanic migrations and encounters in
the region. Asia has a history of ceaseless, active, and
multidirectional migration, which continues to bear multilayered
and complex genetic diversity. The traditional system of rank order
between groups of people in Asia consisted of multiple "invisible"
differences in variegated entanglements, including descent,
birthplace, occupation, and lifestyle. Transpacific migration
brought about the formation of multilayered and complex racial
relationships, as the physically indistinguishable yet
multifacetedly racialized groups encountered the hegemonic racial
order deriving from the transatlantic experience of racialization
based on "visible" differences. Each chapter in this book examines
a different case study, identifying their complexities and
particularities while contributing to a broad view of the
possibilities for solidarity and human connection in a context of
domination and discrimination. These cases include the
dispossession of the Ainu people, the experiences of Burakumin
emigrants in America, the policing of colonial Singapore, and data
governance in India. A fascinating read for sociologists,
anthropologists, and historians, especially those with a particular
focus on the Asian and Pacific regions.
Trans-Pacific Japanese American Studies is a unique collection of
essays derived from a series of dialogues held in Tokyo, Kyoto, and
Los Angeles on the issues of racializations, gender, communities,
and the positionalities of scholars involved in Japanese American
studies. The book brings together some of the most renowned
scholars of the discipline in Japan and North America. It seeks to
overcome past constraints of dialogues between Japan- and
U.S.-based scholars by providing opportunities for candid, extended
conversations among its contributors. While each contribution
focuses on the field of "Japanese American" studies, approaches to
the subject vary - ranging from national and village archives,
community newspapers, personal letters, visual art, and personal
interviews. Research papers are divided into six sections:
Racializations, Communities, Intersections, Borderlands,
Reorientations, and Teaching. Papers by one or two Japan-based
scholar(s) are paired with a U.S.-based scholar, reflecting the
book's intention to promote dialogue and mutuality across national
formations. The collection is also notable for featuring
underrepresented communities in Japanese American studies, such as
Okinawan "war brides," Koreans, women, and multiracials. Essays on
subject positions raise fundamental questions: Is it possible to
engage in a truly equal dialogue when English is the language used
in the conversation and in a field where English-language texts
predominate? How can scholars foster a mutual respect when
U.S.-centrism prevails in the subject matter and in the field's
scholarly hierarchy? Understanding foundational questions that are
now frequently unstated assumptions will help to disrupt
hierarchies in scholarship and work toward more equal engagements
across national divides. Although the study of Japanese Americans
has reached a stage of maturity, contributors to this volume
recognize important historical and contemporary neglects in that
historiography and literature. Japanese America and its scholarly
representations, they declare, are much too deep, rich, and varied
to contain in a singular narrative or subject position.
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