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JPN 171: Contemporary Japan: burakumin

Contemporary Japan

burakumin

"hamlet people" a bit like the "untouchable caste/dalits of India

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"Buraku or Burakumin." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 388-389. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 24 Mar. 2011.

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burakumin

better may be buraku*

=53

Can limit to Japanese: AND LA=(japanese) = 22

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