Nakagami, Japan: Buraku and the Writing of Ethnicity

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NAKAGAMI, JAPAN This page intentionally left blank Nakagami, Japan . . . . Buraku and the Writing of Ethnicity Anne McKnight University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges financial assistance provided for the publication of this book from the Association for Asian Studies First Book Subvention Program and from the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, University of Southern California. Part of the Introduction and chapter 3 previously appeared as “Imperial Syntax: Nakagami Kenji’s ‘Monogatari’ and Modern Japanese Literature as Ethnography,” Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture 28, no. 1 (Winter 2006): 142–65. Copyright 2011 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McKnight, Anne, 1966Nakagami , Japan : Buraku and the writing of ethnicity / Anne McKnight. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-7285-1 (hc : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8166-7286-8 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Nakagami Kenji—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Buraku people in literature. 3. Other (Philosophy) in literature. I. Title. PL857.A3683Z75 2011 895.6'35—dc22 2010032639 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...