"Korean Japanese": A new identity option for resident Koreans in Japan

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-382

  Tai, Eika ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MULTICULTURALISM; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 4544272626     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1467271042000241586     Document Type: Article

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