A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in Japan

This book investigates the construction of Japaneseness from a transnational perspective. By analyzing a variety of communication during the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the author examines how Japaneseness is constructed in relation to discursive Others.

Yuko Kawai is professor in the College of Intercultural Communication at Rikkyo University.