ハーフ (Hafu): On the Fetishization and Mistranslation of a Biracial Identity
In the last installment of her column, Mistranslate, writer Nina Coomes unpacks the origins and use of the term, ハーフ, or hafu — meaning half, in English — and considers how bicultural identity in Japan is both otherized and fetishized.
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Catapult
Published: Jul 16, 2018
Length: 10 minutes (2,624 words)