The Construction of Racial Identities in China and Japan

By Frank Dikötter

Book Overview

This volume shows that the construction of symbolic boundaries between racial categories has undergone many transformations in China and Japan, but the attempt to rationalize and rank differences between population groups remains widespread.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9622094430
• ISBN13: 9789622094437
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher