{"product_id":"multiethnic-japan-9780674013582","title":"Multiethnic Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMultiethnic Japan\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the received view of Japanese society as ethnically homogeneous. Employing a wide array of arguments and evidence--historical and comparative, interviews and observations, high literature and popular culture--John Lie recasts modern Japan as a thoroughly multiethnic society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLie casts light on a wide range of minority groups in modern Japanese society, including the Ainu, Burakumin (descendants of premodern outcasts), Chinese, Koreans, and Okinawans. In so doing, he depicts the trajectory of modern Japanese identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurprisingly, Lie argues that the belief in a monoethnic Japan is a post-World War II phenomenon, and he explores the formation of the monoethnic ideology. He also makes a general argument about the nature of national identity, delving into the mechanisms of social classification, signification, and identification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.36w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674013582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLie, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John Lie is C. K. Cho Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40384344752243,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":53.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_467ce5cb-c48c-4cff-9d74-90a3e4d62c05.jpg?v=1661435591","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/multiethnic-japan-9780674013582","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}