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Charting the Emerging Field of Japanese Diaspora Archaeology

Charting the Emerging Field of Japanese Diaspora Archaeology

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This book explores the Japanese diaspora through the historical archaeology perspective, examining cultural persistence, change, consumption, agency, stylistic analysis, community lifecycles, social networks, diaspora and transnationalism, gender, and sexuality. It includes discussions of trauma, racialization, displacement, labor, heritage, and community engagement, with some frameworks fully formed and others tentative.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 30 April 2023
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore


This comprehensive book delves into the Japanese diaspora from a historical archaeology perspective, drawing upon a wealth of archaeological data, archival research, and often oral histories. It not only explores current trends in archaeological scholarship but also examines new methodological and theoretical directions. The book is organized into several chapters, each focusing on different aspects of the Japanese diaspora.

One of the central themes explored in the book is the patterns of cultural persistence and change, whether framed in terms of the maintenance of tradition, "Americanization," or the formation of dual identities. Other themes that emerge from these chapters include consumption, agency, stylistic analysis, community lifecycles, social networks, diaspora and transnationalism, gender, and sexuality. Additionally, the book includes discussions on trauma, racialization, displacement, labor, heritage, and community engagement. Some of these discussions are presented as fully formed interpretive frameworks with substantial supporting data, while others are works in progress or tentative attempts to push the boundaries of our field into innovative new territories.

This book is of immense interest to students and researchers in historical archaeology, anthropology, sociology of migration, diaspora studies, and historiography. It provides a valuable contribution to our understanding of the complex and multifaceted nature of the Japanese diaspora and its historical trajectory.

Weight: 682g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789819911288
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022

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