Abstract
Since 1954, Japan has become home to a vibrant but little-known tradition of Black Studies. Transpacific Correspondence introduces this intellectual tradition to English-speaking audiences, placing it in the context of a long history of Afro-Asian solidarity and affirming its commitments to transnational inquiry and cosmopolitan exchange. More than six decades in the making, Japan’s Black Studies continues to shake up commonly held knowledge of Black history, culture, and literature and build a truly globalized field of Black Studies.
Original language | English (US) |
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Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Number of pages | 226 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030054571 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030054564 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 12 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.
Keywords
- African diaspora
- Afro-Asian relations
- Atsuko Furomoto
- Black feminism
- Black intellectual history
- Black politics
- Black studies in Japan
- Civil rights movement
- Cosmopolitanism
- Gishin Kitajima
- Haiku
- Hiromi Furukawa
- Keiko Kusunose
- Mary Lou Williams
- Paule Marshall
- Postwar Japan
- S. I. Hayakawa
- Transpacific black freedom studies
- Tsunehiko Kato
- US occupation of Japan