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Meiji at 150

Dr. Timothy David Amos (National University of Singapore) Amos, Timothy David; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Amos discusses the impacts of the Meiji Restoration on Japan’s Burakumin outcaste communities, detailing continuities in discrimination alongside the positive and negative effects of emancipation. We discuss the lineage of Buraku communities, their racialization and discrimination, commoners’ resistance to emancipation, and challenges facing Buraku communities today.

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Title
Dr. Timothy David Amos (National University of Singapore)
Alternate Title
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 42
Creator
Amos, Timothy David; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued
2018-07-13
Description
In this episode, Dr. Amos discusses the impacts of the Meiji Restoration on Japan’s Burakumin outcaste communities, detailing continuities in discrimination alongside the positive and negative effects of emancipation. We discuss the lineage of Buraku communities, their racialization and discrimination, commoners’ resistance to emancipation, and challenges facing Buraku communities today.
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; burakumin; discrimination; resistance
Geographic Location
Japan
Type
Sound
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0415935
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81928
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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