Racialization in a ‘homogenous’ society? The case of Buraku people in Japan

Autor:	Eric S. Brown
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Burakumin Sociology and Political Science Human rights media_common.quotation_subject Caste Gender studies Social constructionism Local community State (polity) Historical sociology Racialization Sociology media_common
Zdroj:	Asian Ethnicity. 14:1-28
ISSN:	1469-2953 1463-1369
DOI:	10.1080/14631369.2012.689556
Popis:	This paper examines the puzzling status of Buraku people in Japan through the methodological prism of historical sociology. I develop a theoretical approach that emphasizes the concept of racialization to illuminate the historical and social construction of Buraku status. I propose this approach as a complementary alternative to prior analytic perspectives. Two major perspectives have dominated research on the status of Buraku people. First, an earlier approach that focused on the legacy of caste discrimination. The second framework focuses on Buraku people as part of the struggle for universal human rights. This article raises three basic, but interrelated questions about the historical development of Buraku status in Japan. Why did the Buraku people become subject to such overt discrimination in local community life, and through government policy? How was the state involved in the social construction of Buraku people? How did the Buraku liberation struggles challenge formalized discrimination?
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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