Diaspora Without Homeland: Being Korean in Japan

Bys: Sonia Ryang and John Lie

More than one-half million people of Korean descent reside in Japan today--the largest ethnic minority in a country often assumed to be homogeneous. This timely, interdisciplinary volume blends original empirical research with the vibrant field of diaspora studies to understand the complicated history, identity, and status of the Korean minority in Japan. An international group of scholars explores commonalities and contradictions in the Korean diasporic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520098633
• ISBN13: 9780520098633
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"