Kim, J orcid.org/0000-0002-4777-6397 (2018) The other city: alternative infrastructures of care for the underclass in Japan. Asian Anthropology, 17 (1). pp. 1-23. ISSN 1683-478X
Abstract
Paying attention to the history of urban governance in postwar Japan, this article discusses how decades of governmental neglect and social exclusion gave rise to alternative practices and technologies of care in marginalized enclaves. In Kotobuki, a former day laborers’ district (yoseba) in Yokohama, the single-room occupancies known as doya have become care facilities for the impoverished elderly and people with disabilities, who are being embraced into a nexus of care sustained by local supporters. Two different groups appear central to this process: local resident (zainichi) Koreans, and Japanese leftists. The case of Kotobuki exemplifies how the resilient search by these two groups for an alternative future has transformed an underclass enclave into a uniquely protective dwelling place for the marginalized.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 The Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kim, J (2018) The other city: alternative infrastructures of care for the underclass in Japan. Asian Anthropology, 17 (1). pp. 1-23, which has been published in final form at 10.1080/1683478X.2017.1417676. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | Social exclusion, yoseba, zainichi Koreans, social movements and activism, Japan |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > East Asian Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2018 16:10 |
Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2020 14:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Tayor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/1683478X.2017.1417676 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:139269 |