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Book SynopsisSince the late 1980s, Brazilians of Japanese descent have been 'return' migrating to Japan as unskilled foreign workers. This book illuminates how cultural encounters caused by transnational migration can reinforce local ethnic identities and nationalist discourses.
Trade ReviewA thorough job of scholarship. However, what makes this lively reading is Tsuda's description about the lives of immigrants and the Japanese who interacted with them. -- Chizu Omori Pacific Reader ...encyclopedic, and for anyone venturing on a serious study of the Brazilian Nikkeijin in Japan in the future, it will be a resource bible. -- Daniela DeCarvalho Journal of Japanese Studies Strangers in the Ethnic Homeland raises important questions that urge us to think about ethnic and national identities in new ways. -- Aya Ezawa American Journal of Sociology
Table of ContentsPreface: The Japanese Brazilians as Immigrant Celebrities Acknowledgments Introduction: Ethnicity and the Anthropologist: Negotiating Identities in the Field Part 1. Minority Status 1. When Minorities Migrate: The Japanese Brazilians as Positive Minorities in Brazil and Their Return Migration to Japan 2. From Positive to Negative Minority: Ethnic Prejudice and "Discrimination" Toward the Japanese Brazilians in Japan Part 2. Identity 3. Migration and Deterritorialized Nationalism: The Ethnic Encounter with the Japanese and the Development of a Minority Counteridentity 4. Transnational Communities Without a Consciousness? Transnational Connections, National Identities, and the Nation-State Part 3. Adaptation 5. The Performance of Brazilian Counteridentities: Ethnic Resistance and the Japanese Nation-State 6. "Assimilation Blues": Problems Among Assimilation-Oriented Japanese Brazilians Conclusion: Ethnic Encounters in the Global Ecumene Epilogue: Caste or Assimilation? The Future Minority Status and Ethnic Adaptation of the Japanese Brazilians in Japan References Index
