Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Now you did explain further on the Eta. If I understand correctly, >there were/are the people that only do the "unclean" jobs (grave >digging etc.), similar to the lowest caste of the Indian system, is >it not? > It's much, much more complicated than that and this isn't the appropriate forum. I'd refer you to several articles on the topic: Reber, Emily. Buraku Mondai in Japan: Historical and Modern Perspectives and Directions for the Future. Harvard Human Rights Journal 12(Spring 1999). Pp 297-359. Neary, Ian. Burakumin in contemporary Japan. In Japan's minorities: the illusion of homogeneity. New York: Routledge. 1997. ISBN 0415152186. Pp 79-108. Ooms, Herman. Status and state racism: from Kawata to Eta. Chapter 5 in Tokugawa village practice : class, status, power, law. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1996. Pp. 243-312. KN -- Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/