{"product_id":"working-skin-9780520283299","title":"Working Skin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the 1980s, arguments for a multicultural Japan have gained considerable currency against an entrenched myth of national homogeneity. This book enters this conversation with an ethnography of Japan's Buraku people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finely composed and researched.\" -- Stephen Mansfield Japan Times \"Gutsy... [Hankins] took tremendous pains to put himself at the heart of the Buraku community and expose himself to the widest possible range of experiences... Well-observed.\" Social Science Japan Journal \"Hankins has written a fascinating ethnography that examines the complexities and contradictions inherent in the labor of multiculturalism.\" American Anthropologist \"Working Skin is a highly original treatise... offers powerful insights... The book sets a new gold standard.\" Pacific Affairs Book Review \"[Working Skin] makes a significant contribution to a new generation of scholarship on buraku issues.\" Journal of Japanese Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations   Preface: Hailing from Texas   Acknowledgments    Introduction: The Labor of Multiculturalism    Part One   Recognizing Buraku Difference   1 * Of Skins and Workers: Producing the Buraku   2 * \"Ushimatsu Left for Texas\": Passing the Buraku    Part Two   Choice and Obligation in Contemporary Buraku Politics   3 * Locating the Buraku: A Political Ecology of Pollution   4 * A Sleeping Public: Buraku Politics and the Cultivation of Human Rights    Part Three   International Standards and the Possibilities of Solidarity   5 * Demanding a Standard: Buraku Politics on a Global Stage   6 * Wounded Futures: Prospects of Transnational Solidarity    Conclusion: The Disciplines of Multiculturalism   Epilogue: Texas to Japan, and Back    Notes   References   Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402871185751,"sku":"9780520283299","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520283299.jpg?v=1730481739","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/working-skin-9780520283299","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}