Minorities and Education in Multicultural Japan: An Interactive Perspective
2011; Oxford University Press; Volume: 15; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/ssjj/jyr027
ISSN1468-2680
Autores Tópico(s)Socioeconomic Development in Asia
ResumoAs the academic literature on ‘multicultural Japan’ has developed, it has progressed from challenging notions of Japanese uniqueness and homogeneity to exploring the experiences of individual groups to now examining the interconnections between various groups in Japan. It is in this latter vein that Minorities and Education in Multicultural Japan: An Interactive Perspective analyzes the diverse world of Japanese education, noting both the diversity within various categories of minorities and the relations between these groups. The editors, Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Kaori H. Okano, and Sarane Spence Boocock, pose three questions: how and why do members of various groups interact with each other in Japan; to what extent has Japan’s diversification impacted minority group members; and how well do Japanese schools prepare all children, minority and majority, for their future lives in Japanese society? The various chapters explore these questions for indigenous groups, ‘oldcomers’, and ‘newcomers’, including Burakumin, Ainu, Okinawans, Amerasians, Koreans, Brazilians, Chinese, and returnees from abroad. The authors focus on various types of ‘multicultural interactive space[s]’ (p. 15), including policy spaces and physical spaces where such interactions are intended, as well as where they are unintended but still occur. Their field sites include areas where various minority groups are concentrated and areas where such diversity is the exception rather than the norm.
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