David Chapman - Zainichi Korean Identity and Ethnicity

Shedding light on contemporary Japanese society in an international context, JapaneseKorean relations and modern-day notions of a multicultural Japan, this book addresses the broad notions and questions of citizenship, identity, ethnicity and belonging through investigation of Japans Korean population (zainichi).

Despite zainichi Korean existence being integral to, and interwoven with, recent Japanese social history, the debates and discussions of the Korean community in Japan have been largely ignored. Moreover, as a postcolonial context, the zainichi Korean situation has drawn scant attention and little investigation outside of Japan.

In Zainichi Korean Identity and Ethnicity David Chapman seeks to redress this balance, engaging with recent discourse from within Japans Korean population. By taking a close look at how exclusion, marginalization and privilege work, the book brings insight into the mechanisms of discrimination, and how discourse not only marginalizes individuals and groups, but also can create social change and enhance the sense of self.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian studies and of Japanese and Korean politics, culture and society, but also to those with a broader interest in migration studies and the study of identity and ethnicity.

David Chapman is coordinator of Japanese studies at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. He is presently conducting research at Waseda University in Tokyo as a Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow.

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Chapman, David, 1961
Zainichi Korean identity and ethnicity / David Chapman.
p. cm. (Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 17)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. KoreansJapanEthnic identity. I. Title.
DS832.7.K6C474 2007
305.8957052dc22
2007005434

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To Marg, Luke and Olivia

There are many whom I would like to acknowledge for their help in assisting me in completing this book. First, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to Vera Mackie. Veras patient guidance, support and encouragement as well as her readiness and willingness to share the extensive range and depth of her knowledge about Japan, its history and language have been crucial to the successful completion of this research from its initial stages as a doctoral thesis proposal through to its completion as this book.

I am also indebted to many universities and organizations that have provided assistance and financial support. They include Central Queensland University for assistance when I was a staff member in the early stages of this research; Curtin University of Technology and the Office of Research and Development for their support and timely financial assistance in the form of an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) when residing in beautiful Perth and support throughout my doctoral candidature; and the University of South Australia for research funds at various times and an easier teaching load at crucial junctures in this project. Also, I extend my gratitude to Waseda University and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for support as a postdoctoral fellow in Tokyo during the final stages of completing this manuscript. I have also received incredible support from many devoted individuals from many library and administrative units, such as the Office of Graduate Studies in the Division of Humanities at the Curtin University of Technology, Shinozaki Mayumi and the staff at Australian National University Library, Curtin University of Technology Library, Barr Smith Library Adelaide, University of South Australia Libraries, the National Library of Australia, the Diet Library in Tokyo and Waseda University Libraries.

There are also many colleagues and friends in Japan and Australia who have provided me with invaluable knowledge, assistance, encouragement and guidance. It is impossible to mention everyone, but in particular I would like to thank Sugimoto Yoshio and Michael Weiner for comments on this research as examiners of my thesis; my friend and colleague for many years Kawakami Ikuo, who has always provided valuable advice, help and friendship; and Fukuoka Yasunori, who has informed some aspects of this work and who also introduced me to members of the