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A Varied Optic
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Colonizing Language
With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, Japan embarked on a policy of territorial expansion that would claim Taiwan and Korea, among others. Assimilation policies led to a significant body of literature written in Japanese by colonial writers by the 1930s. After its unconditional surrender in 1945, Japan abruptly receded to a nation-state, establishing its present-day borders. Following Korea’s liberation, Korean was labeled the national language of the Korean people, and Japanese-language texts were purged from the Korean literary canon. At the same time, these texts were also excluded from the Japanese literary canon, which was reconfigured along national, rather than imperia...
Critical Indigenous Studies
Aileen Moreton-Robinson and the contributors to this important volume deploy incisive critique and analytical acumen to propose new directions for critical Indigenous studies in the First World. Leading scholars offer thought-provoking essays on the central epistemological, theoretical, political, and pedagogical questions and debates that constitute the discipline of Indigenous studies, including a brief history of the discipline.
The Silent Debate
Comprises 20 papers grouped under four themes: The Receiving country perspective; The View from Asian countries of origin; Comparative aspects of Asian migration; and Effects, impact and policy implications. Includes papers on Asian immigration to Australia, New Zealand and on an immigrant policy in New York City.
Pacific Encounters
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