The construction of racial identities in China and Japan : historical and contemporary perspectives / edited by Frank Dikötter ; consulting editor Barry Sautman.

London : Hurst, [1997], ©1997.

x, 217 pages ; 22 cm

"Four of the chapters in this book were first presented at the "International Conference on Racial Identities in East Asia" held in Hong Kong on 25-26 November 1994"--p v.

Includes index and bibliographic footnotes.

Racial discourse in China: continuities and permutations / Frank Dikötter -- Imagining boundaries of blood: Zhang Binglin and the invention of the Han 'Race' in modern China / Kai-wing Chow -- Youtai: the myth of the 'Jew' in modern China / Zhou Xun -- Myths of descent, racial nationalism and ethnic minorities in the People's Republic of China / Barry Sautman -- The invention of identity: race and nation in pre-war Japan / Michael Weiner -- 'Same language, same race': the dilemma of Kanbun in modern Japan / Kazuki Sata -- The Ainu and the discourse of 'race' / Richard Siddle -- Rethinking race for Manchukuo: self and other in the colonial context / Louise Young -- Anti-semitism in Japan: its history and current implications / David Goodman -- The discourse on blood and racial identity in contemporary Japan / Kosaku Yoshino.