Belonging in translation : solidarity and migrant activism in Japan / Reiko Shindo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shindo, Reiko, author.

Series:

Global migration and social change.

Global migration and social change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Japan.

Citizenship.

Language and culture--Japan.

Language and culture.

Immigrants--Japan.

Immigrants.

Japan--Emigration and immigration.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This is the first book to investigate how migrants and migrant rights activists work together to generate new forms of citizenship identities in a multilingual setting. Based on robust theoretical engagement and detailed empirical analysis, Shind's book makes a compelling case for rethinking citizenship and community from the angle of language.

Contents:

Introduction

1 Language as a Contested Site of Belonging

2 Solidarity Activism? Rethinking Citizenship Through Inaudibility

3 Silence and the Image of Helplessness: The Challenge of Tozen Union

4 Rewriting the Meaning of Silence: Latin American Migrant Workers from Kanagawa City Union

5 The Hidden Space of Mediation: Migrant Volunteers, Immigration Lawyers, and Interpreters

6 Untranslatable Community: Toward a Gothic Way of Speaking

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781529201895

1529201896

9781529201918

1529201918

9781529201888

1529201888

OCLC:

1113877727