Voice, Silence, and Self: Negotiations of Buraku Identity in Contemporary Japan

by Christopher Bondy

The Burakumin. Stigmatized throughout Japanese history as an outcaste group, their identity is still "risky," their social presence mostly silent, and their experience marginalized in public discourse. They are contemporary Japan's largest minority group--between 1.5 and 3 million people. How do young people today learn about being burakumin? How do they struggle with silence and search for an authentic voice for their complex experience? Voice, Silence,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674088409
• ISBN13: 9780674088405
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"