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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Haafu to wa dareka: jinshukonkou, media hyoushou, koushoujissen, [Who is "Half?": Mixed Race, Media Representation, Negotiation Practice] |
Editors | Koichi Iwabuchi |
Place of Publication | Tokyo Japan |
Publisher | Seikyusha |
Pages | 11 - 26 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Print) | 9784787233714 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |