ABSTRACT

First Published in 1993. This book is the outcome of a project called Intercultural Relations in Japan with Special Reference to the Integration of the Ainu. The author’s main concern is the phenomenon called Fourth World Populations. After having read a book entitled Aiona by the French linguist Pierre Naert, she decided to investigate further the Ainu people and their integration into the Japanese nation state.

chapter 1|11 pages

Theme and objectives

chapter 2|14 pages

The ethnographic encounter

chapter 3|24 pages

Analytical framework

chapter 5|32 pages

The Ainu in prehistoric and historic time

chapter 7|37 pages

Mr Ainu

chapter 8|10 pages

Summary and Conclusion