Download or read book Transpacific Correspondence written by Yuichiro Onishi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1954, Japan has become home to a vibrant but little-known tradition of Black Studies. Transpacific Correspondence introduces this intellectual tradition to English-speaking audiences, placing it in the context of a long history of Afro-Asian solidarity and affirming its commitments to transnational inquiry and cosmopolitan exchange. More than six decades in the making, Japan’s Black Studies continues to shake up commonly held knowledge of Black history, culture, and literature and build a truly globalized field of Black Studies.