14. The Illusion of Paradise

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Contributors xiii
5. Introduction: Making and Marking Majorities 1
6. PART I Japaneseness
7. I. Culturalism, Racialism, and Internationalism in the Discourse on Japanese Identity 13
8. 2. A Conceptual Model for the Historical Relationship Between the Self and the Internal and External Others 31
9. PART II Koreanness
10. 3. Who Speaks for Korean Shamans When Shamans Speak of the Nation? 55
11. 4. Constructing and Deconstructing "Koreanness" 73
12. PART III Chineseness
13. 5. On Three Definitions of Han Ren 95
14. 6. Clashed Civilizations? 106
15. PART IV Malayness
16. 7· Bureaucratic Management of Identity in a Modern State 135
17. 8. Ideological Work in Constructing the Malay Majority 151
18. PART V Fijianness
19. 9. Aspiring to Minority and Other Tactics Against Violence 173
20. 10. When 8,870 - 850 = 1 198
21. PART VI Turkishness
22. 11. From Ottoman to Turk 217
23. 12. Minority/Majority Discourse 227
24. PART VII Americanness
25. 13. Studying Mainstreams and Minorities in North America 249
26. 14. The Illusion of Paradise 264
27. Notes 285
28. References Cited 307
29. Index 341