Timothy Amos
Biographic Data
| ID | 262318 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy Amos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy |
| FAMILY NAME | Amos |
| SIGNATURE | AMOS T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Doing Violence to Buraku History
We are researchers with strong concerns about J. Mark Ramseyer's (hereafter JMR) article "On the Invention of Identity Politics: The Buraku Outcastes in Japan." We are active in various disciplines and have published work on aspects of Buraku history and literature, as well as the history of slums, deviance, and marginality. The article comprises one part of a larger body of writing by JMR in recent years that has been critiqued and refuted for i…
Caste in Early Modern Japan
"Caste", a word normally used in relation to the Indian subcontinent, is rarely associated with Japan in contemporary scholarship. This has not always been the case, and the term was often used among earlier generations of scholars, who introduced the Buraku problem to Western audiences. Amos argues that time for reappraisal is well overdue and that a combination of ideas, beliefs, and practices rooted in Confucian, Buddhist, Shinto, and military…
Caste in Early Modern Japan
"'Caste', a word normally used in relation to the Indian subcontinent, is rarely associated with Japan in contemporary scholarship. This has not always been the case, and the term was often used among earlier generations of scholars, who introduced the Buraku problem to Western audiences. Amos argues that time for reappraisal is well overdue and that a combination of ideas, beliefs, and practices rooted in Confucian, Buddhist, Shinto, and militar…
Fighting the Taboo Cycle
This article explores the historical significance of an incident reported in the international media in 2009 when Burakumin groups raised concerns about privacy and possible human rights abuses in relation to a new map service offered by Google. Reportage at the time indicated that historical maps containing references to outcaste settlements could be laid over contemporary maps to disclose the exact location of contemporary Buraku districts. A t…
Asakusa ‘Newtown
This paper examines the historical transformation of urban outcaste areas into commoner neighbourhoods in early modern/modern Japan. Focusing on Tokyo's largest early modern outcaste community, an Asakusa area referred to as Shinchō (literally ‘Newtown’), the paper argues that a combination of factors, namely the historical processes of urbanization, status group consolidation, labour specialization, capital accumulation, and inter-status group n…
Household registration and the dismantling of Edo outcaste cultures
This chapter discusses early Meiji attempts to reform registration practices and the establishment and enactment of the 1871 Household Registration Law. It explores how this law hastened the dismantling of the Edo outcaste order, prompting the creation of other related pieces of legislation, and disempowering outcastes in seemingly intractable ways. Population registration in Japan based on the 'ko' or 'household' that is rooted in an older East …
Genealogy and Marginal Status in Early Modern Japan
10.1080/10371397.2013.816239
The Tokyo Tribunal, War Responsibility and the Japanese People
Approaching the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Tribunal in 2006, public opinion was divided over Prime Minister Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine. One reason for opposition to the visit was that Tokyo Tribunal Class A war criminals are enshrined there.On August 15 1985, then Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhiro, despite strong domestic and international criticism, carried out an official visit to Yasukuni. The government later acknowl…
The Buraku Issue and Modern Japan
Binding Burakumin
This article examines the way Japanese historians arrived at an increasingly uniform understanding of Buraku history over the course of the twentieth century. It analyses in detail the continuities and changes in pre-war perspectives on Burakumin and the roles renowned historians like Inoue Kiyoshi played in the development of a particular understanding of Buraku history in the early post-war period. This paper argues that Inoue's intervention in…
Fighting the Taboo Cycle
This article explores the historical significance of an incident reported in the international media in 2009 when Burakumin groups raised concerns about privacy and possible human rights abuses in relation to a new map service offered by Google. Reportage at the time indicated that historical maps containing references to outcaste settlements could be laid over contemporary maps to disclose the exact location of contemporary Buraku districts. A t…
Binding Burakumin
This article examines the way Japanese historians arrived at an increasingly uniform understanding of Buraku history over the course of the twentieth century. It analyses in detail the continuities and changes in pre-war perspectives on Burakumin and the roles renowned historians like Inoue Kiyoshi played in the development of a particular understanding of Buraku history in the early post-war period. This paper argues that Inoue's intervention in…
Binding Burakumin
This article examines the way Japanese historians arrived at an increasingly uniform understanding of Buraku history over the course of the twentieth century. It analyses in detail the continuities and changes in pre-war perspectives on Burakumin and the roles renowned historians like Inoue Kiyoshi played in the development of a particular understanding of Buraku history in the early post-war period. This paper argues that Inoue's intervention in…
The Buraku Issue and Modern Japan
Genealogy and Marginal Status in Early Modern Japan
10.1080/10371397.2013.816239
The Tokyo Tribunal, War Responsibility and the Japanese People
Approaching the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Tribunal in 2006, public opinion was divided over Prime Minister Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine. One reason for opposition to the visit was that Tokyo Tribunal Class A war criminals are enshrined there.On August 15 1985, then Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhiro, despite strong domestic and international criticism, carried out an official visit to Yasukuni. The government later acknowl…
Household registration and the dismantling of Edo outcaste cultures
This chapter discusses early Meiji attempts to reform registration practices and the establishment and enactment of the 1871 Household Registration Law. It explores how this law hastened the dismantling of the Edo outcaste order, prompting the creation of other related pieces of legislation, and disempowering outcastes in seemingly intractable ways. Population registration in Japan based on the 'ko' or 'household' that is rooted in an older East …
Fighting the Taboo Cycle
This article explores the historical significance of an incident reported in the international media in 2009 when Burakumin groups raised concerns about privacy and possible human rights abuses in relation to a new map service offered by Google. Reportage at the time indicated that historical maps containing references to outcaste settlements could be laid over contemporary maps to disclose the exact location of contemporary Buraku districts. A t…
Asakusa ‘Newtown
This paper examines the historical transformation of urban outcaste areas into commoner neighbourhoods in early modern/modern Japan. Focusing on Tokyo's largest early modern outcaste community, an Asakusa area referred to as Shinchō (literally ‘Newtown’), the paper argues that a combination of factors, namely the historical processes of urbanization, status group consolidation, labour specialization, capital accumulation, and inter-status group n…
Caste in Early Modern Japan
"Caste", a word normally used in relation to the Indian subcontinent, is rarely associated with Japan in contemporary scholarship. This has not always been the case, and the term was often used among earlier generations of scholars, who introduced the Buraku problem to Western audiences. Amos argues that time for reappraisal is well overdue and that a combination of ideas, beliefs, and practices rooted in Confucian, Buddhist, Shinto, and military…
Caste in Early Modern Japan
"'Caste', a word normally used in relation to the Indian subcontinent, is rarely associated with Japan in contemporary scholarship. This has not always been the case, and the term was often used among earlier generations of scholars, who introduced the Buraku problem to Western audiences. Amos argues that time for reappraisal is well overdue and that a combination of ideas, beliefs, and practices rooted in Confucian, Buddhist, Shinto, and militar…
Doing Violence to Buraku History
We are researchers with strong concerns about J. Mark Ramseyer's (hereafter JMR) article "On the Invention of Identity Politics: The Buraku Outcastes in Japan." We are active in various disciplines and have published work on aspects of Buraku history and literature, as well as the history of slums, deviance, and marginality. The article comprises one part of a larger body of writing by JMR in recent years that has been critiqued and refuted for i…
Japanese History and Culture (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (6 works) · History (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works)