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More than one-half million people of Korean descent reside in Japan today—the largest ethnic minority in a country often assumed to be homogeneous. This volume blends original empirical research with the vibrant field of diaspora studies to understand the complicated history, identity, and status of the Korean minority in Japan. The book explores commonalities and contradictions in the Korean diasporic experience, touching on such issues as citizenship and belonging, the personal and the political, and homeland and hostland.
Keywords: Korea, Korean descent, Japan, Korean minority, citizenship, belonging, homeland, hostland
Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9780520098633 |
Published to California Scholarship Online: May 2012 | DOI:10.1525/california/9780520098633.001.0001 |
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