The Construction of Racial Identities in China and Japan

by Frank Dikötter

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This volume shows that the construction of symbolic boundaries between racial categories has undergone many transformations in China and Japan, but the attempt to rationalize and rank differences between population groups remains widespread.

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Frank Dikotter is Professor of the Modern history of China at SOAS and Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong.

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The Construction of Racial Identities in China and Japan
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China; Japan

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Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, Sociology
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305.8Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial group - Age, Gender, EthnicityEthnic and national groups
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DS730 .C64History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of AsiaChinaEthnography
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