Read Language, Nation, Race: Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) (New Interventions in Japanese Studies Book 1) (Volume 1)

Language, Nation, Race: Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) (New Interventions in Japanese Studies Book 1) (Volume 1)

Atsuko Ueda

4.9/5 (27261 ratings)

Description:"Language, Nation, Race explores the various language reforms at the onset of Japanese modernity, a time when "national language" (kokugo) was produced in order to standardize the Japanese language. Faced with the threat of Western colonialism, Meiji intellectuals proposed various reforms to standardize the Japanese language in order to quickly educate the illiterate masses with the new forms of Western knowledge. This book liberates these language reforms from the predetermined category of the "nation," for such a notion had yet to exist as a clear telos to which the reforms aspired. Atsuko Ueda draws on, while critically intervening in, the vast scholarship of language reform that arose in the 1990s and that engaged with numerous works of postcolonial and cultural studies. She examines the first two decades of the Meiji period, with specific focus on the issue of race, contending that no analysis of imperialism or nationalism is possible without it"--We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Language, Nation, Race: Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) (New Interventions in Japanese Studies Book 1) (Volume 1). To get started finding Language, Nation, Race: Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) (New Interventions in Japanese Studies Book 1) (Volume 1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 174

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of California Press

Release: —

ISBN: 0520381726

Description: "Language, Nation, Race explores the various language reforms at the onset of Japanese modernity, a time when "national language" (kokugo) was produced in order to standardize the Japanese language. Faced with the threat of Western colonialism, Meiji intellectuals proposed various reforms to standardize the Japanese language in order to quickly educate the illiterate masses with the new forms of Western knowledge. This book liberates these language reforms from the predetermined category of the "nation," for such a notion had yet to exist as a clear telos to which the reforms aspired. Atsuko Ueda draws on, while critically intervening in, the vast scholarship of language reform that arose in the 1990s and that engaged with numerous works of postcolonial and cultural studies. She examines the first two decades of the Meiji period, with specific focus on the issue of race, contending that no analysis of imperialism or nationalism is possible without it"--We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Language, Nation, Race: Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) (New Interventions in Japanese Studies Book 1) (Volume 1). To get started finding Language, Nation, Race: Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) (New Interventions in Japanese Studies Book 1) (Volume 1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Language, Nation, Race: Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) (New Interventions in Japanese Studies Book 1) (Volume 1)

Language, Nation, Race: Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) (New Interventions in Japanese Studies Book 1) (Volume 1)

More Books

Language - Nation - Identity

Language - Nation - Identity

Language, Nation and Power

Language, Nation and Power

The Nation

The Nation

Artharva-veda Saṁhitā

Artharva-veda Saṁhitā

Our Nation's Heritage

Our Nation's Heritage

Catholic World

Catholic World

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature

The Harvard Classics: Essays, English and American

The Harvard Classics: Essays, English and American

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists: The science of history

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists: The science of history