Browsing Department of Sociology Graduate Theses by Author "Ogasawara, Midori"

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Bodies as Risky Resources: The Japanese Identification Systems as Surveillance, Population Control and Colonial Violence in Occupied Northeast China

Ogasawara, Midori

This dissertation investigates the emergence and transformation of national identification (ID) systems in modern Japan. I focus on colonial techniques of the ID systems in Northeast China under Japanese occupation in ...
ID Troubles: The National Identification Systems in Japan and the (mis) Construction of the Subject

Ogasawara, Midori (2008-05-30)

Modern Japan established three kinds of national identification (ID) systems over its population: Koseki, Alien Registration, and Juki-net. The Koseki system is a patriarchal family registration of all citizens. It began ...