Redefining Japaneseness : Japanese Americans in the ancestral homeland / Jane H. Yamashiro
- Bib ID:
- 7333795
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Yamashiro, Jane H, author
- Description:
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- New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
- xx, 216 pages ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0813576369 (paperback ;) (alkaline paper)
- 0813576377 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
- 9780813576367 (paperback ;) (alkaline paper)
- 9780813576374 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
- Invalid ISBN:
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- 9780813576381 (electronic book)
- 9780813576398 (electronic book)
- Series:
- Asian American studies today.
- Summary:
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"How does the experience of living in Japan to study and work affect how Japanese Americans see themselves? Constructing Japanese American Identity in Japan examines how daily interactions with Japanese in Japan shape how Japanese Americans think about their own Japanese backgrounds. Based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork in the Tokyo area, Yamashiro aptly demonstrates how as U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, Japanese Americans navigate and complicate the mainstream categories of 'Japanese' and 'foreigner' in Japan. By using a transnational framework, Yamashiro reveals how Japanese American migrants in Japan are influenced by not only Japanese social norms and expectations, but the U.S.-based categories and notions of race that they bring with them, as well. Considering factors such as phenotype, language, usage of Japanese names, and differences between Japanese Americans from the U.S. continent and Hawai'i, Yamashiro reveals how the diversity of Japanese American experiences in Japan reflects their diverse demographics, histories, and experiences in the United States. In addition, the book details generational, gendered factors in how, after returning to the United States, Japanese Americans reflect on their experiences in Japan"--Provided by publisher.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- Japanese as a global ancestral group: Japaneseness on the U.S. continent, Hawaii, and Japan
- Differentiated Japanese American identities: the continent versus Hawaii
- From Hapa to Hāfu: mixed Japanese American identities in Japan
- Language and names in shifting assertions of Japaneseness
- Back in the United States: Japanese American interpretations of their experiences in Japan
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Methodology : Studying Japanese American Experiences in Tokyo
- Appendix B: List of Japanese American Interviewees Who Have Lived in Japan
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Ethnicity -- Japan
- Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity
- Japanese Americans -- Migrations
- Japanese Americans -- Japan -- Ethnic identity
- National characteristics, Japanese
- Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- Japan
- Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- United States
- Japan -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Japan -- Ethnic relations
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2017
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