Immigrant Japan

Gracia Liu-Farrer

Description

Immigrant Japan? Sounds like a contradiction, but as Gracia Liu-Farrer shows, millions of immigrants make their lives in Japan, dealing with the tensions between belonging and not belonging in this ethno-nationalist country. Why do people want to come to Japan? Where do immigrants with various resources and demographic profiles fit in the economic landscape? How do immigrants narrate belonging in an environment where they are "other" at a time when mobility is increasingly easy and belonging increasingly complex? Gracia Liu-Farrer illuminates the lives of these immigrants by bringing in sociological, geographical, and psychological theories-guiding the reader through life trajectories of migrants of diverse backgrounds while also going so far as to suggest that Japan is already an immigrant country.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Sociology
• Nationalism
• History of Asia
• Japan

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 avril 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501748646
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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IMMIGRANT JAPAN

IMMIGRANT JAPAN Mobility and Belonging in an Ethnonationalist Society

GRaCia LiU-FaRRER

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESSITHACA AND LONDON

Cornell University Press gratefully acknowledges receipt of a grant from Waseda University, which aided in the production of this book.

Copyright © 2020 by Cornell University

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First published 2020 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Names: LiuFarrer, Gracia, author. Title: Immigrant Japan : mobility and belonging in an ethnonationalist society /  Gracia LiuFarrer. Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical  references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019031541 (print) | LCCN 2019031542 (ebook) |  ISBN 9781501748622 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501748646 (pdf) |  ISBN 9781501748639 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Immigrants—Japan. | Group identity—Japan. |  Social integration—Japan. | Citizenship—Japan. | Japan—Emigration and  immigration—Social aspects. | Japan—Ethnic relations. Classification: LCC JV8722 .L58 2020 (print) | LCC JV8722 (ebook) |  DDC 305.9/069120952—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031541 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031542

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Contents

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments

Introduction: Japan as an Ethnonationalist Immigrant Society

1.  Immigrating to Japan 2.  Migration Channels and the Shaping of Immigrant Ethnoscapes 3.  Working in Japan 4.  Weaving the Web of a Life in Japan 5.  To Leave, to Return 6.  Home and Belonging in an Ethnonationalist Society 7.  Children of Immigrants: Educational Mobilities 8.  Growing Up in Japan: Identity Journeys

Conclusion:Realities,Challenges,andPromises of Immigrant Japan

Appendix A: Methodological Notes Appendix B: Profiles of Informants Whose Names Appear in the Book Notes References Index

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Figures 2.1 The major foreign population in Japan, 1991–2018 41 2.2 Gender ratio of major immigrant groups in 2018 42 4.1 Numbers of newly naturalized Chinese versus new permanent residents, 1993–2017 103

Tables 3.1 Immigrants’ locations in Japanese labor market 69 A.1 Demographic profile of immigrant newcomers at the time of interview 219 A.2 Resident statuses of immigrant newcomers 219 B.1 Individuals who entered Japan during adulthood (18+) 221 B.2 Children of immigrants 225

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