Physical Anthropology and the Reconstruction of Japanese Identity in Postcolonial Japan

Nanta, Arnaud

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“…More specifically, biological (physical) anthropology was long based on a minute description of the morphological diversity of humans and other primates (Little;Susmann, 2010) in virtually all the countries where it emerged, including South Africa (Low, 2012), Brazil (Santos, R., 1996(Santos, R., , 2012, China (Hua, 2012) 2 , France (Sibeud, 2012), Japan (Low, 2012;Nanta, 2008), Portugal (Santos, G., 2012) and Norway (Kyllingstad, 2012), as well as Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom (Little;Sussman, 2010). Basing their work on countless measurements of bones and bodies, used to distinguish the 'races' and rank them, physical anthropologists searched for the missing link that would elucidate the passage from the state of nature to culture.…”

Section: A Brief History Of International Biological Anthropologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Contributions to a historical review of biological anthropology in Brazil from the second half of the twentieth century

Neto

2017

Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi. Ciênc. hum.

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This article provides a preliminary historical survey of Brazilian biological anthropology from the second half of the twentieth century. Even today, little historiographic information on the last 50 or 60 years is available and/or has been explored, while few allusions to bioanthropology can be found in existing works on the history and contemporary state of anthropology in Brazil; this article attempts to span this gap. The first section examines various aspects of the general development of biological anthropology as it radiated from the centers (Europe and the United States) outward over time. This initial survey affords a clearer understanding of the Brazilian case, which is the topic of the second section. This is followed by a brief historical and bibliographic account of the most recent state of biological anthropology in the country, including a number of specialized areas of research. The article concludes with a short discussion of the material covered.Keywords: History of anthropology. Biological anthropology. Brazilian anthropology.Resumo: O artigo oferece uma contribuição inicial para uma revisão da história da antropologia biológica brasileira a partir da segunda metade do século XX. No que se refere aos últimos 50 ou 60 anos, são poucas, ainda, as informações historiográficas disponíveis e/ou trabalhadas, assim como são módicas as alusões à Bioantropologia dentro do conjunto de trabalhos dedicados a uma reflexão sobre a história e a situação hodierna do campo antropológico nacional. Posto isso, o artigo se encontra estruturado da seguinte forma: Em um primeiro momento, são abordados os aspectos mais gerais concernentes ao desenvolvimento geral da antropologia biológica a partir dos centros irradiadores (Europa e Estados Unidos) ao longo do tempo, aspectos necessários, em parte, para um melhor entendimento do caso brasileiro, assunto da segunda seção. A seguir, um pequeno apanhado histórico-bibliográfico relativo ao estado mais recente da área no país, em algumas especialidades, é apresentado. O artigo finda com uma pequena reflexão acerca do material exposto ao longo das suas páginas constituintes.Palavras-chave: História da antropologia. Antropologia biológica. Antropologia brasileira.GASPAR NETO, Verlan Valle. Contributions to a historical review of biological in Brazil from the second half of the 20 th century. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, v. 12, n. 2, p. 517-533, maio-ago. 2017.

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Section: A Brief History Of International Biological Anthropologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Contributions to a historical review of biological anthropology in Brazil from the second half of the twentieth century

Neto

2017

Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi. Ciênc. hum.

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“…Such arguments were used to help justify the repatriation of "nonJapanese" after the war. Building on Oguma's work, Arnaud Nanta (2008) has recently shown how after the war, physical anthropology was used to promote the idea of the homogeneity of the Japanese and to deny that the Ainu were the indigenous people of Japan. From the late 1940s, Hasebe developed an argument that the Japanese had directly descended from the Jōmon people without any intermixing in the Yayoi period (ca.…”

Section: Postwar Studiesmentioning

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“…The idea that there had been uninterrupted genetic continuity of the Japanese since the Jōmon period remained the official position of the Anthropological Society of Nippon until the early 1980s, reflecting Hasebe's long-term authority as president from 1951 to 1968 until just before his death and Suzuki's influence as president from 1970 to 1976 (Nanta 2008).…”

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Physical Anthropology in Japan

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2012

Current Anthropology

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“…Il défendit ce modèle encore en 1952 [58], alors pourtant que le Japon entamait un repli identitaire sur lui-même [59].…”

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Physical Anthropology and the Reconstruction of Japanese Identity in Postcolonial Japan

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Contributions to a historical review of biological anthropology in Brazil from the second half of the twentieth century

Contributions to a historical review of biological anthropology in Brazil from the second half of the twentieth century

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