Haafu ga terashidasu jinshukonkou no bunkaseiji [Cultural politics of racial mixing]

Koichi Iwabuchi

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    Abstract

    This paper discusses the rise of haafu celebrities and its socio-historical implication in the Japanese context. It offers a clear description of social background of the rise of the haafu discourse, which sees haafu as an ideal type of beauty and cosmopolitanness in a highly gendered and West/White-centred manner as well as historical continuity and discontinuity of the Japanese discourse and representation of haafu/mixed blood. It persuasively suggests the necessity of situating the consideration of the issues about haafu in a wider context of growing multicultural situations in Japan. Furthermore, it argues how the study of haafu in Japan will contribute to the de-Westernization of knowledge production in mixed race studies.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHaafu to wa dareka: jinshukonkou, media hyoushou, koushoujissen, [Who is "Half?": Mixed Race, Media Representation, Negotiation Practice]
    EditorsKoichi Iwabuchi
    Place of PublicationTokyo Japan
    PublisherSeikyusha
    Pages11 - 26
    Number of pages16
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)9784787233714
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

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