New Worlds, New Lives: Globalization and People of Japanese Descent in the Americas and from Latin America in JapanLane Ryo Hirabayashi, Akemi Kikumura-Yano, James A. Hirabayashi Stanford University Press, 2002 - 358 páginas This ambitious work confronts the complex question of who and what is a Nikkei, that is, a person of Japanese descent, by studying their communities in seven countries in the Americas: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Paraguay, Peru, and the United States. It also considers the special case of the many Latin American Nikkei who have returned to Japan in recent decades to seek employment. The contributors draw upon a range of disciplines to present a multifaceted portrait of people of Japanese descent in the Americas, the destination of 90 percent of Japanese emigrants. Thus, for example, the reader is able to view the Peruvian Japanese experience through the eyes of an anthropologist, a demographer/historian, and a journalist--all of whom are Peruvians of Japanese descent. Among the main questions explored in New Worlds, New Lives are: What is the historical background and current status of Nikkei society in a given country? Are there any common attributes the Nikkei share across the Americas, especially in terms of social institutions, the family, the position of women, religion, education, politics, and economics? What are the significant differences between the Nikkei populations in the various countries and why have these differences developed? What are the future prospects of Nikkei communities in the Americas? |
Contenido
The Impact of Globalization on Nikkei Identities | 1 |
The Impact of Contemporary Globalization on Nikkei Identities 19 | 19 |
Nikkei and the Struggle over | 37 |
Relief Materials | 59 |
Issei and Nisei | 76 |
The Twain Shall Meet in the Nisei? Japanese Language | 108 |
A Sociopolitical Portrait | 141 |
Comparative Perspectives on | 159 |
Recent Japanese | 205 |
Race Gender Ethnicity and the Narrative of National Identity | 221 |
An Economic | 237 |
The Dekasegi Phenomenon and the Education of Japanese | 249 |
The Emigration of Argentines of Japanese Descent to Japan | 261 |
The Nikkei Negotiation of MinorityMajority Dynamics in Peru | 279 |
The Uchinanchu Diaspora and the Boundary of Nikkei | 296 |
Retrospect and Prospects | 333 |
Disjunctions of Nikkei Identities | 179 |
Femininity and Masculinity in the Japanese Community of Peru | 187 |
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