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Migration, Whiteness, and Cosmopolitanism: Europeans in Japan

Migration, Whiteness, and Cosmopolitanism: Europeans in Japan

Debnár, Milos

Hardcover

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral SociologyImmigration & Refugees

ISBN10: 1137565268
ISBN13: 9781137565266
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Oct 17 2016
Pages: 235
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.06 Depth: 8.67
Language: English
This book analyzes the increase in contemporary European migration to Japan, its causes and the lives of Europeans in Japan. Desconstructing the picture of highly skilled, privileged, cosmopolitan elites that has been frequently associated with white or Western migrants, it focuses on the case of Europeans rather than Westerners migrating to a highly developed, non-Western country as Japan, this book offers new insights on increasing diversity in migration and its outcomes for integration of migrants. The book is based on interviews with 57 subjects from various parts of Europe occupying various positions within Japanese society. What are the motivations for choosing Japan, how do white migrants enjoy the 'privilege' based on their race, what are its limits, and to what extent are the social worlds of such migrants characterized by cosmopolitanism rather than ethnicity? These are the main questions this book attempts to answer.

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