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Start Over Publication Type Academic Journals Publication Type eBooks Region japan Region kobe-shi (japan) Publisher council on east asian libraries

Author: McDowell, Sara
Subjects: *ACTIVISM, *LIBRARY administration, *KOREANS, *CULTURAL identity, *LIBRARIES & publishing, *POLITICAL participation
Abstract: Faced by discrimination and pressure to assimilate, one method of social activism employed by Korean residents of Japan has been to establish independent libraries. The institutions' purpose is to preserve, develop and propagate Korean cultural identities, as well as to foster community and positive relations with the Japanese. This paper will examine eight Libraries established in and around the large urban areas of Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe over the past four decades. It will discuss the institutions' overall goals and collections, as well as their research, publishing, and educational activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2010

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