Koreans in Japan Critical Voices from the Margin

Koreans in Japan are a barely known minority not only in the West but also within Japan itself. Their indistinguishable appearance from Japanese, their cultural literacy in Japanese society, and their fluency of the language make it all the more difficult to grasp the reality of complex social relations integral to this community. Koreans in Japan analyses these relations as well as the particular conditions and constraints they face in Japanese society. This book covers a wide range of topics pertaining to the everyday lives of Koreans in Japan. Subjects include intra-communal and inter-generational politics; womens self-expression; legal and social status in Japan; ethnic education; the history of Korean colonial displacement and postcolonial division under the Cold War; self-representation, and unstable identities. The volume reveals the highly resilient and diverse reality of Koreans in Japan; whilst, simultaneously, highlighting the fact that despite recent improvement, legal, social, andRyang, Sonia is the author of 'Koreans in Japan Critical Voices from the Margin', published 2000 under ISBN 9780415219990 and ISBN 041521999X.