Our Land Was A Forest

An Ainu Memoir
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31712-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, whose land, economy, and culture have been absorbed and destroyed in recent centuries by advancing Japanese. Based on the author's own experiences and on stories passed down from generation to generation, the book chronicle

Autoren/Hrsg.

Selden, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Our Nibutani Valley, 2. The Four Seasons in the Ainu Community, 3. My Grandfather, a Slave to the Shamo, 4. Following Forced Evacuation, 5. A Long Absence from School, 6. My Father's Arrest, 7. An Adolescence Away from Home, 8. Realizing My Dream of Becoming a Foreman, 9. Lucky Is the One Who Dies First, 10. The Teachings of Chiri Mashiho, 11. Making the Acquaintance of Kindaichi Kyosuke, 12. Building the Museum of Ainu Cultural Resources, 13. As a Member of the Ainu People, Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Kayano Shigeru is the founder and director of the Kayano Shigeru Ainu Memorial Museum. He is a Diet member, the first Ainu to be elected. Kyoko Selden teaches Japanese at Cornell University. Lili Selden is a graduate student in Japanese literature at the University of Michigan.