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Geographies of self and other: mapping Japan through the koseki

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dc.contributor.authorChapman, D.
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis paper traces the social history of the household registration system (koseki seido) in Japan from its beginning to the present day. The paper argues that the koseki has been an essential tool of social control used at various stages in history to facilitate the political needs and priorities of the ruling elite by constructing and policing the boundaries of Japanese self. This self has been mediated through the principles of family as defined by the state and has created diverse marginalised and excluded others. The study includes social unrest and agency of these others in furthering understanding of the role of the koseki in Japanese society. The paper also contributes understanding of nationality and citizenship in contemporary Japan in relation to the koseki.
dc.identifier.citationAsia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 2011; 9(29)
dc.identifier.issn1557-4660
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/123331
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJapan Focus
dc.rightsCopyright 2011 Dave Chapman. Articles at The Asia-Pacific Journal are published under a Creative Commons license. Permission is granted to forward electronically to others and to post Asia-Pacific Journal texts for non-commercial purposes following Open Source guidelines, provided they are reproduced intact and the source indicated and linked. To publish Asia-Pacific Journal texts in electronic, printed and/or other forms, including course use, contact info.japanfocus@gmail.com
dc.subjectkoseki
dc.subjectnation-state
dc.subjectfamily
dc.subjecthousehold
dc.subjectnationality
dc.subjectcitizenship
dc.subjectself
dc.subjectother
dc.subjectidentification
dc.subjectdocumentation
dc.subjectJapan
dc.titleGeographies of self and other: mapping Japan through the koseki
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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