films on minorities in Japan

[Roger Macy]

We haven't mentioned representations of the burakumin. Two films by Ichikawa Kon deal with this and others make allusions.  There are also misrepresentations, including Kyūjyūkyū-honme no kimusume, which conflates the burakumin with the Ainu.
We also had a long thread on representation on blackness, a couple of years ago.

But I have a question.  I was discussing Kyūjyūkyū-honme with Ian Neary last year, and he recommended the book 'Racial Representations in Asia'. Although this has now appeared in a number of US libraries, it still hasn't appeared in the UK.  The publishers don't have a contents list, only a very unhelpful blurb, and the author, Yasuko Takezawa has not responded to emails.
Can anyone point me to a contents list or review that I could put in front of a UK librarian, please ?
Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Catherine Russell" <crus at alcor.concordia.ca>
To: "'Eija Niskanen'" <eija.niskanen at gmail.com>; <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 4:37 PM
Subject: RE: films on minorities in Japan


Hi Eija,
There is also Naruse's film Whistling in Kotan, a.k.a A Whistle in My Heart (Kotan no kuchibue), 1959, about the Ainu. I don't know if it's easy to get though.
Katie


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Editor, Canadian Journal of Film Studies
Concordia University, Montreal
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eija Niskanen [mailto:eija.niskanen at gmail.com] 
Sent: February 4, 2012 4:50 AM
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: films on minorities in Japan

Dear all,

can you suggest some easy to get films (for ex. on DVD), either
documentaries or fiction films, on minorities in Japan. Especially
films on Ainu and Okinawans are sought. These are to be shown on a
Linguapax film series at IUC.

Thanks,

Eija

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