Belonging in translation : solidarity and migrant activism in Japan /

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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, Shindo's book makes a compelling case for rethinking c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shindo, Reiko (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2019.
Series:Global migration and social change.
Subjects:
Citizenship > Japan.
Language and culture > Japan.
Langage et culture > Japon.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship.
Citizenship
Emigration and immigration
Language and culture
Einwanderung
Aktivismus
Sprachbarriere
Japan > Emigration and immigration.
Japan
Electronic books.
Ethnographies
Case studies
Ethnographies.
Case studies.
Études ethnographiques.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Global Migration and Social Change; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Preface; Conventions and Abbreviations; 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 SpeakingConclusion; References; Index; Back cover

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