Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Fabric of Indigeneity: Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan
Ann-Elise Lewallen
€ 55.48
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Fabric of Indigeneity: Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan
paperback. Synthesizes ethnographic field research, museum and archival research, and participation in cultural-revival and rights-based organising to show how women craft Ainu and indigenous identities through clothwork and how they also fashion lived connections to ancestral values and lifestyles. Series: School for Advanced Research Global Indigenous Politics Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
In present-day Japan Ainu women create spaces of cultural vitalization in which they can move between ""being Ainu"" through their natal and affinal relationships and actively ""becoming Ainu"" through their craftwork. They craft these spaces despite the specter of loss that haunts the efforts of former colonial subjects, like Ainu, to reconnect with their pasts. The author synthesizes ethnographic field research, museum and archival research, and participation in cultural-revival and rights-based organizing to show how women craft Ainu and indigenous identities through clothwork and how they also fashion lived connections to ancestral values and lifestyles. She examines the connections between ... Read more
In present-day Japan Ainu women create spaces of cultural vitalization in which they can move between ""being Ainu"" through their natal and affinal relationships and actively ""becoming Ainu"" through their craftwork. They craft these spaces despite the specter of loss that haunts the efforts of former colonial subjects, like Ainu, to reconnect with their pasts. The author synthesizes ethnographic field research, museum and archival research, and participation in cultural-revival and rights-based organizing to show how women craft Ainu and indigenous identities through clothwork and how they also fashion lived connections to ancestral values and lifestyles. She examines the connections between ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
School for Advanced Research Global Indigenous Politics Series
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826357366
SKU
V9780826357366
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ann-Elise Lewallen
Ann-Elise Lewallen is an assistant professor of modern Japanese cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She is a coeditor of Beyond Ainu Studies: Changing Academic and Public Perspectives.
Reviews for The Fabric of Indigeneity: Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan