The countries of East Asia - historically some of the most ethnically homogeneous in the world - are increasingly experiencing the impacts of international migration, leading them to confront the possibilities and challenges of multiculturalism. This collection brings together a range of superb original essays which explore the shared experiences of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan in the negotiation of growing cultural diversity in their midst.

- Ien Ang, Distinguished Professor of Cultural Studies, Western Sydney University,

The first decade of the 21st century has witnessed the decline of multiculturalism as a policy in Western countries with tighter national border controls and increasing anti-migration discourse. But what is the impact of multiculturalism in East Asia? How will East Asian nations develop their own policies on migration and multiculturalism? What does cultural diversity mean for their future?

Multiculturalism in East Asia examines the development and impact of multiculturalism in East Asia with a focus on Japan, South Korean and Taiwan. It uses a transnational approach to explore key topics including policy, racialized discourses on cultural diversity and the negotiation process of marginalized subjects and groups. While making a contextualized analysis in each country, contributors will consciously make a comparison and references to other East Asian cases while also situating this as well as put their case in a wider transnational context.

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An examination of multiculturalism in East Asia using a transnational approach. The collection focuses in on Japan, Korea and Taiwan to examine key issues including policy, racial discourse, subjectivity and the implications for established ethic minority communities.
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1. Rethinking Multiculturalism from a Trans-East Asian Perspective, Koichi Iwabuchi, Kim Hyun Mee, Hsiao-Chuan Hsia / Section 1: Multiculturalism Policy Discourse: Critical interrogation / 2. Korean Multiculturalism and its Discontents, Ji-Hyun Ahn / 3. Multicultural Taiwan: Policy developments and challenges, Li-Jung Wang / 4. Multicultural co-living (tabunka kyosei) in Japan: Localized engagement without multiculturalism, Koichi Iwabuchi / Section 2: Racialization of multicultural situations / 5. The Racialization of Multicultural Families by Media in a Multicultural Nation, Jung Hyesil / 6. Legislating Race and the Nation in Taiwan: How Immigration Laws Embodies the Dark Side in the Nation-building Process, Bruce Yuan-Hao Liao / 7. Intersecting Japanese Nationalism and Racism as Everyday Practices: Toward Constructing a Multiculturalist Japanese Society, Yuko Kawai / Section 3: Cultural politics of multicultural subject makings / 8. Can ‘multicultural soldiers’ serve the nation? The social debate about th
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The first book to use a transnational approach to explore multiculturalism in East Asia. Compares and contrasts between Japan, South Korea and Taiwan while also situating multiculturalism within a wider transnational context. Proposes future directions for multiculturalism in East Asia using this transnational approach.
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The Asian Cultural Studies: Transnational and Dialogic Approach series aims to advance transnational intellectual dialogue over diverse issues that are shared in various Asian countries and cities. While the examination of cultural issues in a particular socio-historical context is crucial, trans-Asia perspectives will further enrich such investigations by giving a fresh insight from other Asian experiences and through the consideration of transnational connections. It will also cultivate the sense of shared-ness among researchers working on the similar issues in different places and foster transnational collaboration to tackle the shared issues beyond the confinement of the nation-state.

Series Editor: Koichi Iwabuchi

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781783484980
Publisert
2016-09-28
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
372 gr
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
150 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
248

Biografisk notat

Koichi Iwabuchi is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and Director of Monash Asia Institute, Monash University in Melbourne.

Hyun Mee Kim is Professor of the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Graduate Program in Culture and Gender Studies, Yonsei University, South Korea.

Hsiao-Chuan Hsia is Professor and Director at the Graduate Institute for Social Transformation Studies, Shih Hsin University, Taipei.