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Ainu. Pathways to Memory
Available From:	Marcos Centeno
Media Type:	DVD
Release Date:	2013
Audience:	Higher Education High School
Running Time:	82 minutes
Physical Description:	(Null)
Language:	Japanese, Spanish, with English subtitles
Author:	Marcos Centeno
Subject:	Anthropology and Sociology Diaspora and Ethnicity
Subheading:	Japanese Rituals and Customs
Region:	East Asia East/West Relations
Country:	Japan

Ainu. Pathways to Memory is a discovery documentary of the Ainu people of Japan. On a trip which took us from Japan to Europe, we found a people erased from history books. The repeated sentence “I am Ainu” expresses a willingness to overcome their marginal circumstances. But the awakening of the Ainu people faces the mercantilist logic of a global world. Unavoidably, doubt comes to mind: what does being Ainu mean today?

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