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A Discontented Diaspora: Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960-1980
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Artikel-Nr:
9780822340812
Veröffentl:
2007
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.10.2007
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Jeffrey Lesser
Gewicht:
367 g
Format:
236x158x17 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Jeffrey Lesser is Winship Distinguished Research Professor of the Humanities, Professor of History, and Director of the Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Emory University. His books include Searching for Home Abroad: Japanese-Brazilians and Transnationalism and Negotiating National Identity: Immigrants, Minorities, and the Struggle for Ethnicity in Brazil, both also published by Duke University Press.
Analyzes the experiences of a generation of Japanese-Brazilians in Sao Paulo during the most authoritarian period of military rule in order to ask questions about ethnicity, the nature of diasporic identity, and Brazilian culture.
Illustrations and Tables ixPreface and Acknowledgments xiAbbreviations xvPrologue: The Limits of Flexibility xviiiIntroduction: The Pacific Rim in the Atlantic World 11. Brazil’s Japan: Film and the Space of Ethnicity, 1960-1970 252. Beautiful Bodies and (Dis)Appearing Identities: Contesting Images of Japanese-Brazilian Ethnicity, 1970-1980 473. Machine Guns and Honest Faces: Japanese-Brazilian Ethnicity and Armed Struggle, 1964-1980 744. Two Deaths Remembered 1085. How Shizuo Osawa Became “Mario the Jap” 122Epilogue: Diaspora and Its Discontents 148Notes 153Glossary 189Bibliography 191Index 215