SOAS Research Online

Authored Books

Surak, Kristin (2013) Making Tea, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in Practice. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Book Chapters

Surak, Kristin (2020) 'Japan: Land of the Rising Right.' In: Vormann, Boris and Weinman, Michael, (eds.), The Emergence of Illiberalism: Understanding a Global Phenomenon. London: Routledge.

Surak, Kristin (2017) 'Engaging Objects: A Phenomenology of the Tea Ceremony and Japaneseness.' In: Zubrzycki, Geneviève, (ed.), National Matters: Materiality, Culture, and Nationalism. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Surak, Kristin (2017) 'The Tea Ceremony Beyond Japan: Postcolonial Cultural Transmission.' In: Japan im Westen: Literatur – Kultur – Spiritualität. Tübingen: Stauffenburg-Verlag. (Forthcoming)

Surak, Kristin (2017) 'Tea Flows: A Praxeological Perspective on Rituals.' In: Gottwald, Markus, Kirchmann, Kay and Paul, Heike, (eds.), (Extra-)Ordinary Presence: Social Configurations and Cultural Repertoire. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, pp. 181-194.

Surak, Kristin (2015) 'Guestworker Regimes Globally: An Historical Comparison.' In: Talani, Leila Simona and McMahon, Simon, (eds.), Handbook of the Political Economy of Migration. Surrey: Edward Elgar. (Handbooks of Research on International Political Economy Series)

Surak, Kristin (2012) 'Migration Industries and Developmental States in East Asia.' In: Gammeltoft-Hansen, Thomas and Nyberg Sorensen, Ninna, (eds.), The Migration Industry and the Commercialization of International Migration. London: Routledge, pp. 89-110.

Surak, Kristin (2011) 'Making Tea Japanese.' In: Cox, Rupert and Brumann, Christoph, (eds.), Making Japanese Heritage. London: Routledge, pp. 21-30.

Journal Article

Surak, Kristin (2021) 'Millionaire Mobility and the Sale of Citizenship.' Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47 (1). pp. 166-189.

Surak, Kristin (2018) 'Migration Industries and the State: Guestwork Programs in East Asia.' International Migration Review, 52 (2). pp. 487-523.

Surak, Kristin (2018) 'MTMJ ―日本らしさと茶道.' MTMJ ―日本らしさと茶道.

Surak, Kristin (2017) 'Rupture and Rhythm: A Phenomenology of National Experiences.' Sociological Theory, 35 (4). pp. 312-333.

Surak, Kristin (2017) 'At the Margins of Multiculturalism: Assessing Kymlicka’s Liberal Multiculturalism in Japan.' Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 23 (2). pp. 227-239.

Surak, Kristin (2014) 'Culture, Nation, and the Tea Ceremony.' Center for Comparative Japanese Studies Annual Bulletin (10). pp. 133-137.

Surak, Kristin (2014) 'お茶の専門家から文化の専門家へ―家元制度の成立」[From Tea Specialists to Culture Specialists: The Formation of the Iemoto System].' Wochikochi.

Surak, Kristin (2014) 'Gastarbeiter: Una Taxonomía.' NLR Secunda Época (84). pp. 94-114.

Surak, Kristin (2014) 'Re-Selling Japan.' New Left Review (99). pp. 139-149.

Surak, Kristin (2013) 'Die Gastarbeiter.' Merkur: Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken (9/10). pp. 1024-1035.

Surak, Kristin (2013) 'Guestworkers: A Taxonomy.' New Left Review (84). pp. 84-102.

Surak, Kristin (2012) 'Die Ethniztätsindustrie.' Lettre International (97). pp. 114-118.

Surak, Kristin (2012) 'Nation-Work: A Praxeology of Making and Maintaining Nations.' European Journal of Sociology, 53 (2). pp. 171-204.

Surak, Kristin (2011) 'From Selling Tea to Selling Japaneseness: Symbolic Power and the Nationalization of Cultural Practices.' European Journal of Sociology, 52 (2). pp. 175-208.

Surak, Kristin (2010) 'The Business of Belonging.' New Left Review (63). pp. 151-159.

Surak, Kristin (2010) 'El Negocio de la Pertenencia.' NLR Secunda Época (63). pp. 149-158.

Surak, Kristin (2010) 'Family Reunification in Europe and East Asia.' EUI Review (4). pp. 17-18.

Surak, Kristin (2008) 'Convergence in Foreigners' Rights and Citizenship Policy? A Look at Japan.' International Migration Review, 42 (3). pp. 550-575.

Surak, Kristin (2006) '"Ethnic Practices" in Translation: Tea in Japan and the US.' Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29 (5). pp. 828-855.

Book Reviews

Surak, Kristin (2011) 'Review of "Japanese Women, Class, and the Tea Ceremony: The Voices of Tea Practitioners in Northern Japan".' Pacific Affairs, 84 (3). pp. 580-581.

Surak, Kristin (2010) 'Review of "Diaspora Without Homeland: Being Korean in Japan".' Pacific Affairs, 83 (4). pp. 797-798.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Surak, Kristin (2019) Shinzo Abe and the rise of Japanese nationalism. New Statesman [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]