Japanese Brazilian saudades diasporic identities & cultural production / Ignacio L©đpez-Calvo.

SeriesThe George and Sakaye Aratani Nikkei in the Americas series
Contents Introduction : diasporas, unstable identities, and Nikkei discourse -- Historical memory and claiming place -- Between assimilationism and cultural celebration -- Female agency, nostalgia, and generational gaps -- The impact of World War II on the Nikkeijin -- Contested modernities : Dekasegi (self-)representations and the Nipponization of Brazil -- Brazilian Dekasegi children in Japanese film.
Abstract "Explores the self-definition of Nikkei discourse in Portuguese-language cultural [i.e.culture] by Brazilian authors of Japanese ancestry. Using books and films by twentieth-century Nikkei authors as case studies to redefine the ideas of Brazilianness and Japaneseness from both a national and a transnational perspective"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-274) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019017945
ISBN9781607328490 (cloth)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available