Race and Migration in the Transpacific (Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies) - Hardcover

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9781032210193: Race and Migration in the Transpacific (Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1032210192 ISBN 13: 9781032210193
Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Yasuko Takezawa is Professor at the Institute for Research in the Humanities, Kyoto University. Cultural Anthropology, Race and Ethnic Studies, American Studies.

Akio Tanabe is former Professor at the Department of Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo. Anthropology, History, South Asian Studies.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032210192
ISBN 13 
9781032210193
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
266
Editor
Takezawa Yasuko, Tanabe Akio

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