essay
Individual mobility and group membership: the case of the burakumin
aspects of social change in modern japan • Princeton, N.J. • Published In 1971 • Pages: 337-372
By: Cornell, John B..
Abstract
This source is the work of a professional anthropologist and is informed by field research. It first explores the status of the outcaste population in Japanese society generally, and then examines a rural outcaste community in Okayama. The focus of the latter, the main body of the paper, is a discussion of the interplay between individual and group identity, and avenues of upward mobility available to members of this stigmatized minority. The conflicts inherent in any mobility strategy are emphasized.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Jan A. Simpson; John Beierle ; 1979: John Beierle; 2009
- Field Date
- 1950-1951, 1957-1959
- Coverage Date
- 1950-1959
- Coverage Place
- Matsuzaki administrative district (Matsuzaki-ku) of Tsudaka town (Tsudaka-cho), Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Notes
- [by] John B. Cornell
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 66011973
- LCSH
- Japan--Okayama Prefecture