{"product_id":"redefining-japaneseness-japanese-americans-in-the-ancestral-homeland-9780813576367","title":"Redefining Japaneseness  Japanese Americans in the Ancestral Homeland","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when Japanese Americans, born and raised in the United States, are the ones living abroad in Japan? \u003cem\u003eRedefining Japaneseness \u003c\/em\u003echronicles how Japanese American migrants to Japan navigate and complicate the categories of Japanese and “foreigner”. Jane H. Yamashiro tracks the multiple ways these migrants strategically negotiate and interpret their daily interactions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Based on excellent and extensive research, \u003ci\u003eRedefining Japaneseness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a comprehensive look at a previously understudied area. Yamashiro has produced a work of the highest academic quality.\" -- Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu * author of When Half is Whole: Multiethnic Asian American Identities *\u003cbr\u003e\"Not only does Yamashiro give us engaging portraits of how Japanese Americans navigate the social and cultural terrain of contemporary Japan, but she also provides a fundamental rethinking of the analytic frameworks by which migrant identities have been contextualized and understood.\" -- Michael Omi * University of California, Berkeley *\u003cbr\u003e\"Yamashiro’s insightful and ethnographically rich account of the migration of Japanese Americans to their ancestral homeland and its impact on their identities is an important intellectual contribution to numerous fields of study.\" -- Takeyuki Tsuda * Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University *\u003cbr\u003e“Jane H. Yamashiro’s Redefining Japaneseness is an innovative and provocative addition to Asian American studies….Yamashiro’s Redefining Japaneseness gives readers a solid understanding of Japanese American identity construction in Japan while also reflecting upon her subjects’ identities after their return to the United States.” * Journal of Asian American Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrefaceAcknowledgmentsNote on Terminology\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  2Japanese as a Global Ancestral Group: Japaneseness on the US Continent, Hawaii, and Japan\u003cbr\u003e  3Differentiated Japanese American Identities: The Continent Versus Hawaii\u003cbr\u003e  4From Hapa to Hafu: Mixed Japanese American Identities in Japan\u003cbr\u003e  5Language and Names in Shifting Assertions of Japaneseness\u003cbr\u003e  6Back in the United States: Japanese American Interpretations of Their Experiences in Japan\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e  Appendix A: Methodology: Studying Japanese American Experiences in TokyoAppendix B: List of Japanese American Interviewees Who Have Lived in Japan\u003cbr\u003e  NotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex ","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742328553815,"sku":"9780813576367","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813576367.jpg?v=1758384307","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/redefining-japaneseness-japanese-americans-in-the-ancestral-homeland-9780813576367","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}