Review:
Liberally illustrated and impressively written, the book casts new light on an unusual situation in fascinating detail. It analyses the clash of differing views on color, race, and sex and the diverse ways in which the situation was resolved in practice. The International History Review, 3/05 insightful interrogation of the West s protean constructions of racial otherness and the strikingly ambiguous positioning of Asians within them. In Interracial Intimacy in Japan, Leupp charts the dynamics and fluidity of conceptions of race and gender and their impact on defining interracial relations between Japanese women and Western man. in focusing much of his analysis on constructions of race and gender in Japan and the West, Leupp s work makes a valuable contribution to the growing discourse of race, racism, and race relations in Japan. he offers a well-documented analysis of Japanese attitudes toward interracial relationships that challenges perdurable images of Japanese as racist xenophobes while confirming the centrality of race and place in the West. The Journal of Japanese Studies, 31.1, 2005 'The book is indeed interesting and readable and devoid of jargon.' 'The sections concerning Japanese views on race are thought-provoking...Readers may enjoy it as a general introduction to the topic, and those who wish to explore further in English may find the bibiography helpful.' Japanese Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2, September 2004--Sanford Lakoff
About the Author:
Gary P. Leupp is Associate Professor of History at Tufts University. A Specialist in the social history of Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868), he has written widely on early modern Japan.
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