| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 418 |
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 418.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. Boundaries of late Meiji colonial subjecthood. Colonial reality and subaltern subjectivity -- Meeting the man on the other side -- The paupers' grave at Margravine Cemetery -- Welcome to the empire -- Part II. Journeys between the metropole and the colonies. The taming of the barbarian and other savage love stories -- Two coconuts and a bonito stick -- Part III. Performing and living racial-alities. Dividing space, creating barriers -- A mountain of bones -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Examines material objects, visual imagery, and oral histories to help reconstruct the lives and movements of the four least examined groups of Japan's colonial subjects--the Ainu, Taiwan's indigenous people, Micronesians, and Okinawans--conveying the dynamic nature of an empire in motion and explaining how individuals navigated the variances of imperial life"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Based on the author's thesis, issued under the title: Subaltern speak : imperial multiplicities in Japan's empire and post-war colonialisms (Ph. D.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2011) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-400) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ainu -- Ethnic identity.
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Ryukyuans -- Ethnic identity
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Micronesians -- Ethnic identity
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Taiwan aborigines -- Ethnic identity
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
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Ainu -- Ethnic identity
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Diplomatic relations
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Kolonialvolk
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Colonies -- Asia
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Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1868-1912.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069421
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Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1912-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069424
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| Subject |
Asia
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Japan
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
Hochschulschrift.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781684175963 |
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1684175968 |
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