<p>This book presents a counter-argument to the widely held view that the Japanese have believed that they are a homogeneous nation since the Meiji period. Eiji Oguma demonstrates that the myth of ethnic homogeneity was not established during the Meiji period, nor during the Pacific War, but only after the end of the war. The study covers a large range of areas, including archaeology, ancient history, linguistics, anthropology, ethnology, folk law, eugenics and philosophy, to obtain an overview of how a variety of authors dealt with the theme of ethnicity. It also examines how this myth of homogeneity arose and how the peoples of such Japanese colonies as Korea and Taiwan were viewed in the pre-war literature on ethnic identity. This is the first English translation of A Genealogy of "Japanese" Self-Images, which won the Suntory Culture Award in 1996.</p>

A Genealogy of Japanese Self-Images (Japanese Society Series)

History

Eiji, Oguma

Asia

Trans Pacific Press

生きて帰ってきた男――ある日本兵の戦争と戦後 (岩波新書)

<p>What was it like to live through the dizzying changes in Japanese society in the twentieth century, as Japan formed its own imperial colonies in Asia, was defeated in World War II, and achieved its postwar economic miracle?\nIn this book, sociologist Oguma Eiji skillfully locates his father Kenji's personal experiences of this era in the context of concurrent social, economic, and political trends, blending oral history and social history.</p>

Return From Siberia

Noble, David (trans.)

International House of Japan

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