Belonging in Translation: Solidarity and Migrant Activism in Japan

Belonging in Translation: Solidarity and Migrant Activism in Japan

Reiko Shindo
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Author:  Reiko Shindo
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  208
Publisher:  Bristol University Press
Year:  2019
ISBN:  9781529201871

This is the first book to investigate how migrants and migrant rights activists work together to generate new forms of citizenship identities through the use of language. Shindo's book is an original take on citizenship and community from the perspective of translation, and an alluring amalgamation of theory and detailed empirical analysis based on ethnographic case studies of Japan.

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