Voice, silence, and self : negotiations of Buraku identity in contemporary Japan /

"Based on extensive ethnographic research and interviews, this longitudinal work explores the experience of Burakumin youth from two different communities and with different social movement organizations"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bondy, Christopher, 1969-
Corporate Author:	Harvard University. Asia Center
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Asia Center, 2015.
Series:	Harvard East Asian monographs ; 386.
Subjects:	Buraku people > Japan. Buraku people > Education. Youth movements > Japan. Buraku people. Youth movements. Japan.

Table of Contents:

Silent introduction
Backgrounds and struggles
Movement integration : silence and cultural practices
Lessons of silence : Buraku issues in school
Social space and social interactions : practicing in the protective cocoon
Beyond the cocoon : passing on to the next stage
Conclusion : calling for a discrimination-free society.