Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-century Japan

By: David L. Howell

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Hardcover | 7 February 2005 | Edition Number 1

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In this pioneering study, David L. Howell looks beneath the surface structures of the Japanese state to reveal the mechanism by which markers of polity, status, and civilization came together over the divide of the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Howell illustrates how a short roster of malleable, explicitly superficial customs - hairstyle, clothing, and personal names - served to distinguish the "civilized" realm of the Japanese from the "barbarian" realm of the Ainu in the Tokugawa era. Within the core polity, moreover, these same customs distinguished members of different social status groups from one another, such as samurai warriors from commoners, and commoners from outcasts.

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"One of the most important contributions of this book is its compelling portrait of the various itinerants within, and often without, early-modern Japan's status system. Even though the topic is a rather serious one, Howell reveals a refreshing sense of humor and an original approach. This is a pleasure to read." - Brett L. Walker, author of The Conquest of Ainu Lands "David Howell's immersion in contemporary Japanese scholarship is evident on every page of this masterful book. A probing work of great erudition." - Karen Wigen, author of The Making of a Japanese Periphery"

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Geography of Status
Status and the Politics of the Quotidian
Violence and the Abolition of Outcaste Status
Ainu Identity and the Early Modern State
The Geography of Civilization
Civilization and Enlightenment
Ainu Identity and the Meiji State Epilogue Modernity and Ethnicity
Notes
Works Cited
Index
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