Migration, Whiteness, and Cosmopolitanism

Europeans in Japan

Miloš Debnár (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

235 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-72004-0 (ISBN)

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This book analyzes the increase in contemporary European migration to Japan, its causes and the lives of Europeans in Japan. Desconstructing the picture of highly skilled, privileged, cosmopolitan elites that has been frequently associated with white or Western migrants, it focuses on the case of Europeans rather than Westerners migrating to a highly developed, non-Western country as Japan, this book offers new insights on increasing diversity in migration and its outcomes for integration of migrants. The book is based on interviews with 57 subjects from various parts of Europe occupying various positions within Japanese society. What are the motivations for choosing Japan, how do white migrants enjoy the ‘privilege’ based on their race, what are its limits, and to what extent are the social worlds of such migrants characterized by cosmopolitanism rather than ethnicity? These are the main questions this book attempts to answer.

Miloš Debnár is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Doshisha University, in Kyoto, Japan. He lectures on sociology and migration-related issues. Besides his interest in migration and whiteness, he has also published articles on global cities and on the contemporary family.

Introduction.- Part I Migration.- European Migration to Japan: Historical Roots and Recent Development.- Between Entertainers and High-skilled Elites: Skills, Study and Marriage.- Part II Integration and Privilege.- Race and Privilege in Integration: Occupations, White privilege and Gender.- White Privilege Revised: White Man's 'Burden' in Japan.- Part III: Cosmopolitanism.- Integration and Social Relations: Between Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism.- Conclusions.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	7 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 235 p. 7 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	European migration to Japan • Highly skilled Western migrants • Migration, Cosmopolitanism and Integration • Migration to Asia • Social integration, cultural practices and Migration • White migration and privilege
ISBN-10	1-349-72004-6 / 1349720046
ISBN-13	978-1-349-72004-0 / 9781349720040
Zustand	Neuware