オーストラリア研究(英語) Chris Burgess (1号館1308研究室、内線164)

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1 オーストラリア研究(英語) Chris Burgess (1号館1308研究室、内線164)
Japanese （SECOND WORLD）war brides and their husbands in the garden of Gordon Parker's parents' home. Ringwood 1953 Chris Burgess (1号館1308研究室、内線164) ・

2 Hand in your Racial Discrimination Homework
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4 Dion Lee is an Australian fashion designer who established his eponymous brand at the age of 23 (available at

5 Racial Discrimination in Australia: Past
Aborigines/Stolen Generations 　white superiority, Aborigines as animals ‘Yellow peril’ 　Immigration Restriction Act (White Australia policy) 　Internment of Japanese during WWII ‘Wogs’ (Italians, Greeks) Discrimination against Irish (Ned Kelly)

6 R.D. in Australia: Now Aborigines (e.g. intervention policy)
Racial Discrimination Act suspended 07-10 Aborigines (e.g. intervention policy) N.B. legally have same rights Asians: racist violence (e.g….) Quite a few people assumed that because Australia was multicultural there was no racism...

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8 Protest in New Delhi against racial attacks on Indians in Australia
Indian activists of National Akali Dal hold an image of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as they shout slogans against racial attacks on Indians in Australia during a protest in New Delhi on January 17. Australia's foreign minister told parliament some of the recent violence against Indian students had clearly been racially motivated and had "considerably damaged" the nation's reputation. (January 17th 2010)

9 R.D. in Australia: Now Aborigines (e.g. intervention policy)
Racial Discrimination Act suspended 07-10 Aborigines (e.g. intervention policy) N.B. legally have same rights… Asians: racist violence (e.g….) Anti-Japanese/Chinese feeling barred entry to nightclubs/pubs, ‘Jap’ 　whaling… ‘One Nation’ Party (Pauline Hanson) (X White Australia policy) Cronulla Beach Riots (Sydney) Quite a few people assumed that because Australia was multicultural there was NO racism today!!

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12 Cronulla Riots Dec. 10th 2005: Lebanese Australian men attacked members of the N. Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club after they asked them to stop playing soccer because it was disturbing other beach users The next day, 5,000, mainly whites, gathered on Cronulla Beach Australia's biggest racist protest since vigilante miners killed two Chinese at Lambing Flat in 1860… “Australians not racist,” says John Howard Cronulla was possibly Australia's biggest racist protest since vigilante miners killed two Chinese at Lambing Flat in 1860.

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17 人類間対立暴力の応酬 讀賣新聞１４．１２．０５ p.7

18 「白豪主義」なお 豪・移民と衝突 衝突は、１９７０年代に撤廃されたとはいえ、完全に消え去ることのない「白豪主義」と、米同時テロ以降に深まった中東系移民への不信感に起因する民族対立を改めて浮き彫りにした。 イスラム系人口は全体の１．５％（３０万人） ４割は７０年代の内戦を逃れてきたレバノン系 讀賣新聞 p.7

19 オーストラリア人の約1割は人種至上主義者＝調査(1 in 10 Aussies racist)
2008年 09月 29日 19:42 JST 　［キャンベラ　２９日　ロイター］　人口に占める移民の比率が高く、多民族国家として知られるオーストラリアだが、国民の１０人に１人は「人種至上主義者」であることが調査で明らかになった。(belief in racial supremacy) 　調査はウエスタン・シドニー大学が約１０年にわたり、ニューサウスウエールズ州の約１万２５００人を対象に実施。イスラム系など一部の民族グルー プが現代オーストラリア社会に属していないと考える人も全体の４６％になるなど、人種差別的視点を持つ人が少なくないことも明らかになった。(Muslims don’t belong in Australia) 　調査を率いたケビン・ダン氏は、地元ラジオ局に対し「８０％以上の人が文化の多様性はメリットがあると考え、オーストラリア社会にとって良いこと だと見ている」とコメント。その上で、全体の１０分の１は、人種によって優劣があると信じる人種至上主義的な人だという見方を示した。

20 R.D. in Japan: Past Ainu /Okinawaans (cultural destruction)
Colonialism - e.g. Manchurian incident / 創氏改名 Koreans and Chinese forced workers - e.g. massacre after 1923 earthquake (x) Burakumin (eta-hinin) (?)鬼畜米兵 (x) 鎖国 (x) Christians （そうしかいめい） (満洲事変) 亀戸事件・甘粕事件

21 R.D. in Japan: Present ? Foreign workers: low pay & poor conditions
? Foreign students (housing), 外(国)人label ? Foreigners (esp. Chinese) as ‘criminals’ Korean residents in Japan (educ./marriage) In Japan, racial discrimination not illegal…

22 Provocateurs: Riot police prevent an anti-Korean group (at left) and Korean residents and their supporters from clashing Sunday in the Shin-Okubo district in Tokyo (Japan Times, May 23rd, 2013)

23 通名＝（つうめい）とは、通称名の略。現在、一般に「通名」とは外国籍の者が日本国内で使用する通称名を指す。In English, it’s the name a person goes　by, a nickname, or an assumed name.

24 R.D. in Japan: Present ? Foreign workers: low pay & poor conditions
? Foreign students (housing), 外(国)人label ? Foreigners (esp. Chinese) as ‘criminals’ Korean residents in Japan (educ./marriage) “Japanese Only”‘外国人禁止’ (onsen/浦和) In Japan, racial discrimination not illegal…

25 2014/03/08: Banner in front of Urawa Red’s Supporters Section
“The area behind the goal post is our domain. We don’t want to see other people, especially foreigners, entering that area.”

26 R.D. in Japan: Present ? Foreign workers: low pay & poor conditions
? Foreign students (housing), 外(国)人label ? Foreigners (esp. Chinese) as ‘criminals’ Korean residents in Japan (educ./marriage) “Japanese Only”‘外国人禁止’ (onsen/浦和) Targeting dark-skinned people for 職務質問 akogare towards white people… （しょくむしつもん） In Japan, racial discrimination not illegal…

27 [金髪に高い鼻」は人種差別、ANA新CMに外国人から苦情
Video available at January 2014

28 R.D. in Japan: Present ? Foreign workers: low pay & poor conditions
? Foreign Students (housing), 外(国)人label ? Foreigners (esp. Chinese) as ‘criminals’ Korean residents in Japan (educ./marriage) “Japanese Only”‘外国人禁止’ (onsen/浦和) Distrust/dislike/fear of black people akogare towards white people… (?) Ainu (1997振興法): apathy more than racism… (?) Assimilation （同化） of minorities… (X) Women (X) Voting rights (参政権) for foreigners… In Japan, racial discrimination not illegal…

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30 “The International is personal”
Japan-Australia Relations (II) “The International is personal”

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32 Australian troops part of BCOF (British Commonwealth Occupation Forces)
1947: 12,000 Australians in Japan British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF) (British, Australians, and New Zealand, India) responsible for Hiroshima-ken. Most Australians in Kure – 12,000 at peak in 1947 呉市

33 Anti-Fraternisation Policy (非交際対策) Personal Contacts with the Japanese banned

34 Australian soldiers were not allowed to enter…
Private houses, apartments, hotels Trains, trams, buses, taxis Restaurants, cafes, bars Cinemas, dance halls, barbers, banks, banks, brothels Beaches, pools, streams 立ち入り禁止区域!

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36 “while relatives remain of the men who suffered at the hands of the Japanese, it would be the grossest act of public indecency to permit a Japanese of either sex to pollute (汚染) Australian or Australian-controlled shores” Arthur Calwell, Minister of Immigration (1948)

37 Fraternisation… 10-20,000 Japanese employed by BCOF
Lived and worked closely together Prostitution flourished Relationships inevitable

38 Pidgin Japanese (片言日本語)
Moose Hubba-hubba Onriwan Pampangaaru

39 Pidgin Japanese (片言日本語)
Moose Hubba-hubba Onriwan Pampangaaru Young J. girl Hurry Mistress/Lover Prostitute

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43 パンパン・ガール (II) 1) アメリカ人の仕種から来た
1) アメリカ人の仕種から来た 左の拳を丸めて穴を作って、その上をふたをするように、右手の手のひらでつたたく、これが。。。あれしよう。。。っていう意味。たたくときパンパンって昔がすることから、娼婦のことパンパンって言う　（小学館文庫） 食べ物 娼婦はパンを食べるのでパンパンという。。。 OR cost=2 pieces of bread?!? しぐさ=acting/comic business “Panpan: Streetwalking in Occupied Japan” – academic paper on HP…

44 “I had poison and a suicide letter. He didn’t know
“I had poison and a suicide letter. He didn’t know. I kept that deep in my drawer and when the time comes I will destroy myself because I disgraced my parents, sister you know. And after he go, what the people say…like Madam Butterfly.” Teruko Blair

45 ‘War Brides’ Refused entry until 1952
Cherry Parker (Sakuramoto Nobuko) first to arrive with 2 kids in June 1952 : 650 arrived Temporary 5-year visa Cf America 50,000 Note English or Anglicised names ( % of Australians Anglo-Celtic, 0.8% Asian)

46 Most war brides naturalised (帰化)
Brides as cultural ambassadors stimulating immigration reform 「冷え切った日豪関係を雪解け期に導いた、貴重な存在」 1956/7 Change in Citizenship Law Non-Europeans could become citizens 1958 Revised Migration Act Dictation test abolished Race no longer mentioned Most war brides naturalised (帰化) Brides as cultural ambassadors: foundation for post-war J community and stimulated immigration reform, end of White Australia Policy (1973) Naturalisation meant loss of J citizenship: even those who didn’t naturalise were unable to pass J nationality to children until 1986!)

47 Reaction to ‘War-Brides’
‘The decision [to accept Japanese war brides] is shameful and disgraceful…the government has forgotten the feelings of mothers, wives, and sisters of the men butchered by the Japanese’ Arthur Calwell, Melbourne Herald April

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49 Reaction to War-Brides
Discrimination called ‘Jap’, refused entry/service in shops… though often women seen as ‘victims’; hostility reserved mainly for Japanese men Idea of ‘White Australia’ still widely accepted Immigration restrictions on non-Europeans Assimilation (同化) expectations strong… Become ‘Australian’, throw away Japan Easy to crticise assimilationist views as narrow-minded from today’s multi-culturalist perspective, but in the 1950s assimilation – learning to behave in the same way as the majority - was regarded as essential

50 ＆ Australia's oldest chocolate bar
Australia's oldest chocolate bar

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52 3 clips available online
DVD 4384

53 War Brides: Extra Reading
“Good-bye to Sayonara” Shizuko Suenaga “Michi's memories” Keiko Tamura 戦争花嫁 : 国境を越えた女たちの半世紀　 写真花嫁・戦争花嫁のたどった道 : 女性移民史の発掘　島田法子編著 チェリー・パーカーの熱い冬 Also see Keiko Tamura (2003) ‘Meeting, Committing and Adapting: Japanese War Brides and the Experience of Migration’, ‘. Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies 11, pp [paper copy in my cabinet] And in the Japan Times, an article on US war brides: Daughters tell stories of ‘war brides’ despised back home and in the U.S. (

54 Dear Mum,　 (1952) Hello! How are you? How is Japan? It’s been 3 months since I arrived in Australia as a ‘war-bride’. The life here… Don’t forget to add concrete examples/episodes and to express your feelings: use your imagination!

55 オーストラリア研究(英語) Chris Burgess (1号館1308研究室、内線164)
Japanese （SECOND WORLD）war brides and their husbands in the garden of Gordon Parker's parents' home. Ringwood He set up his production studio, Creative Engine J.O.E. in 2001 and presently works as a freelance filmmaker, specializing in projects produced in digital format. Apart from that, he also works with local and Japanese film production crews on numerous Japanese television commercial shoots in Australia. Recently, Joseph completed a semi documentary drama, "Wahori Days" which portrays the life of a Japanese working holiday maker staying in Sydney. After a successful screening at the Japan Culture Centre, it was officially selected in the Indies Film Festival in Japan. Chris Burgess (1号館1308研究室、内線164) ・

56 シフニーからダーウィン、マニラ経由したその飛行機が、わずか６人のお客様を乗せて山口県防府に到着したのは１９４７年１２月１８日のことでした。それから６０年、カンタス航空は日本とオーストラリアを結び空の便として数え切れないほどの客様をオーストラリアへお連れしています。

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58 Kookaburra (ワライカワセミ) カワセミ科笑いカワセミ属のオーストラリアに生息する鳥。森林にすみ、昆虫や小型爬虫類を採食する。人の笑い声のような音を出す。Laughing jackass, settler’s clock等ともいう[アボリ] Laughing Kookaburra

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