Belonging in Translation

Solidarity and Migrant Activism in Japan

Reiko Shindo

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Bristol University Press
28 August 2019

Migration, immigration & emigration; Civil rights & citizenship

Series: Global Migration and Social Change

While global mobility is increasingly governed through security and social exclusion, it has also led to political activism which challenges the existing parameters of citizenship. This book analyses different practices and strategies employed by noncitizen migrant groups to reimagine what it means to belong to a community.

Based on ethnographic case studies of Japan, the book investigates how political claims for citizenship are made in multilingual migrant activism. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book demonstrates various ways in which miscommunication shapes interactions between citizens and noncitizens and how this challenges the existing contours of community.

By: Reiko Shindo
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529201871
ISBN 10: 152920187X
Series: Global Migration and Social Change
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 28 August 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reiko Shindo is Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Humanities at Coventry University. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on citizenship and community and cuts across various fields of studies including political geography, migration studies, political theory, and Japanese studies.

Reviews for Belonging in Translation: Solidarity and Migrant Activism in Japan

''Shindo turns assumptions about misinterpretation, inaudibility and untranslatability on their head as she explores the possibilities of communication and its failure. An important and pioneering contribution to Citizenship and Migration Studies, which - until now - has lacked a robust theorisation of linguistic diversity.'' Anne McNevin, The New School for Social Research ''As solidarity between citizens and non-citizens increasingly shapes international politics, translation becomes a site of struggles for rights of both citizens and non-citizens. Shindo shows how translation works between multilingual migrant communities and community unions in Japan. This engaging book is an ethnographically informed theoretical study of challenges to solidarity in action.'' Engin Isin, Queen Mary University of London