Voice, Silence, and Self: Negotiations of Buraku Identity in Contemporary Japan (Harvard East Asian Monographs) (Harvard East Asian Monographs (HUP))

by Christopher Bondy

Stigmatized throughout Japanese history as outcastes, the burakumin are contemporary Japan's largest minority. In this study of youths from two different communities, Christopher Bondy explores how individuals navigate their social world, demonstrating the ways in which people make conscious decisions about disclosing a stigmatized identity.

• ISBN10: 1684175615
• ISBN13: 9781684175611
• Publish Date: 11 May 2020 (first published 26 October 2015)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Harvard University Press
• Format: eBook
• Language: English