Identity, Language and Education of Sakhalin Japanese and Koreans Continual Diaspora

This book explores the issues of education, the use of languages and the formation of self-identification of the Japanese and Korean diasporas of Sakhalin, over a hundred years period: from the time they moved to the island, until their “return” to historical homelands in Japan or South Korea. Durin...

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Main Author: Paichadze, Svetlana
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Language Policy
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. From Joint Control to the Border on the Island
  • 2. Sakhalin under Control of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union
  • 3. Sakhalin/Karafuto under Control of the Japanese Empire
  • Part II. Postwar Population Movements
  • 4. Coexistence, Repatriation and Those Left Behind (1945-end of the 1950s)
  • 5. From the End of the 1950s to the end of the 1980s: New Wave of Migration of the Population and the Closure of Korean Schools in Sakhalin
  • Part III: Contemporary Repatriation
  • 6. Contemporary Repatriation to Japan and South Korea: Formation of new diasporas (New Life as Migrants)
  • 7. Education, Language, and Identity of the Young Generation of Returnees
  • 8. Conclusions. Appendices. Index