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Belonging in Translation, livre ebook

134

pages
English
Ebooks
2019

Écrit par
Reiko Shindo

Publié par
Bristol University Press

134

pages
English
Ebooks
2019

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Description

The first book to explore citizenship, belonging, and community through the question of language, using the example of multilingual migrant activism in Japan;

Interdisciplinary in scope, incorporating subject areas such as migration, citizenship, politics and international relations;

Draws on a mixture of theory and empiricism.

This is the first book to investigate how migrants and migrant rights activists work together to generate new forms of citizenship identities through the use of language. Shindo's book is an original take on citizenship and community from the perspective of translation, and an alluring amalgamation of theory and detailed empirical analysis based on ethnographic case studies of Japan.

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 Speaking

Conclusion

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