Reinventing citizenship : Black Los Angeles, Korean Kawasaki, and community participation / Kazuyo Tsuchiya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsuchiya, Kazuyo, author.

Series:

Critical American studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community Action Program (U.S.).

Community development--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Community development.

Social service--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Social service.

African Americans--California--Los Angeles--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans.

Community Action Program (U.S.)--History.

Community development--Japan--Kawasaki-shi--History--20th century.

Social service--Japan--Kawasaki-shi--History--20th century.

Koreans--Japan--Kawasaki-shi--Politics and government--20th century.

Koreans.

Politics and government.

History.

Japan--Kawasaki-shi.

California--Los Angeles.

Physical Description:

viii, 273 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]

Summary:

In the 1960s and 1970s, the United States and Japan went through massive welfare expansions that sparked debates about citizenship. At the heart of these disputes stood African Americans and Koreans. Reinventing Citizenship offers a comparative study of African American welfare activism in Los Angeles and Koreans' campaigns for welfare rights in Kawasaki. In working-class and poor neighborhoods in both locations, African Americans and Koreans sought not only to be recognized as citizens but also to become legitimate, constituting members of communities. Local activists in Los Angeles and Kawasaki ardently challenged the welfare institutions. Kazuyo Tsuchiya's work exemplifies transnational antiracist networking, showing how black religious leaders traveled to Japan to meet Christian Korean activists and to provide counsel for their struggles. Reinventing Citizenship reveals how race and citizenship transform as they cross countries and continents. By documenting the interconnected histories of African Americans and Koreans in Japan, Tsuchiya enables us to rethink present ideas of community and belonging. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : Los Angeles and Kawasaki as arenas of struggle over citizenship

Between inclusion and exclusion : the origins of the U.S. Community Action Program

Fostering community and nationhood : Japan's model community program

Struggling for political voice : race and the politics of welfare in Los Angeles

Recasting the community action program : the pursuit of race, class, and gender equality in Los Angeles

Translating Black theology into Korean activism : the Hitachi employment discrimination trial

Voicing alternative visions of citizenship : the "Kawasaki system" of welfare

Conclusion : the interconnectedness of oppression and freedom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816681112

0816681112

9780816681129

0816681120

OCLC:

859168414