Working skin: making leather, making a multicultural Japan

List of Illustrations Preface: Hailing from Texas Acknowledgments Introduction: The Labor of Multiculturalism Part One Recognizing Buraku Difference 1 * Of Skins and Workers: Producing the Buraku 2 * Ushimatsu Left for Texas: Passing the Buraku Part Two Choice and Obligation in Contemporary Buraku Politics 3 * Locating the Buraku: A Political Ecology of Pollution 4 * A Sleeping Public: Buraku Politics and the Cultivation of Human Rights Part Three International Standards and the Possibilities of Solidarity 5 * Demanding a Standard: Buraku Politics on a Global Stage 6 * Wounded Futures: Prospects of Transnational Solidarity Conclusion: The Disciplines of Multiculturalism Epilogue: Texas to Japan, and Back Notes References Index