Front cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Global Migration and Social Change; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Preface; Conventions and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Language as a Contested Site of Belonging; 2. Solidarity Activism? Rethinking Citizenship Through Inaudibility; 3. Silence and the Image of Helplessness: The Challenge of Tozen Union; 4. Rewriting the Meaning of Silence: Latin American Migrant Workers from Kanagawa City Union; 5. The Hidden Space of Mediation: Migrant Volunteers, Immigration Lawyers, and Interpreters
6. Untranslatable Community: Toward a Gothic Way of SpeakingConclusion; References; Index; Back cover
Summary
This is the first book to investigate how migrants and migrant rights activists work together to generate new forms of citizenship identities in a multilingual setting. Based on robust theoretical engagement and detailed empirical analysis, Shindo's book makes a compelling case for rethinking citizenship and community from the angle of language
