Between colonial racism and global capitalism
Japanese repatriates from northeast China since 1946
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2468752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mariko Asano Tamanoi (0000-0001-9964-8138, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 527-539 |
| Publication date | 2003-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.2003.30.4.527 |
| OpenAlex | W2155750936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 20 |
A decline in imperial power is not necessarily accompanied by "an equal and concomitant decline in racial ideas and ideologies" (Rich 1990:1). In this article, I examine this thesis in the context of contemporary Japan, which lost its empire with its unconditional surrender to the Allied powers in 1945. The protagonists of this article are the Japanese farmers who colonized northeast China during Japan's imperial expansion. Although the former colonists have been repatriating to Japan since 1946, their "Japaneseness" in postcolonial Japan has been contested not only by the Japanese state but also by the repatriates themselves. In contemporary Japan, the returning colonists are joined by an increasing number of Chinese immigrants, whom Japanese mainstream society identifies as "economic refugees." On the basis of long-term ethnographic research, I follow two generations of repatriates from China to Japan. I argue that to understand a resurgence of racism against Chinese immigrants in contemporary Japan, one should not only investigate the identity politics of the repatriates but also historicize such politics through repatriates' memories
Capitalism · China · Colonialism · Economic history · Empire · Ideology · Immigration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Racism · Refugee · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2021 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |