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PublisherRutgers University Press

ISBN-100813576369

ISBN-139780813576367

eBay Product ID (ePID)222053527

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Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameRedefining Japaneseness : Japanese Americans in the Ancestral Homeland

Publication Year2017

SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Asia / Japan, Globalization, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Emigration & Immigration

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History

AuthorJane H. Yamashiro

SeriesAsian American Studies Today Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2016-015516

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsBased on excellent and extensive research, Constructing Japanese American Identity in Japan is a comprehensive look at a previously understudied area. Yamashiro has produced a work of the highest academic quality., 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., 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., 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., Based on excellent and extensive research, Redefining Japaneseness is a comprehensive look at a previously understudied area. Yamashiro has produced a work of the highest academic quality., 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.

Grade FromEleventh Grade

Dewey Decimal305.8956073

Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments Note on Terminology Introduction 2Japanese as a Global Ancestral Group: Japaneseness on the US Continent, Hawaii, and Japan 3Differentiated Japanese American Identities: The Continent Versus Hawaii 4From Hapa to Hafu: Mixed Japanese American Identities in Japan 5Language and Names in Shifting Assertions of Japaneseness 6Back 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 Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

SynopsisThere is a rich body of literature on the experience of Japanese immigrants in the United States, and there are also numerous accounts of the cultural dislocation felt by American expats in Japan. But what happens when Japanese Americans, born and raised in the United States, are the ones living abroad in Japan? Redefining Japaneseness chronicles how Japanese American migrants to Japan navigate and complicate the categories of Japanese and "foreigner." Drawing from extensive interviews and fieldwork in the Tokyo area, Jane H. Yamashiro tracks the multiple ways these migrants strategically negotiate and interpret their daily interactions. Following a diverse group of subjects--some of only Japanese ancestry and others of mixed heritage, some fluent in Japanese and others struggling with the language, some from Hawaii and others from the US continent--her study reveals wide variations in how Japanese Americans perceive both Japaneseness and Americanness. Making an important contribution to both Asian American studies and scholarship on transnational migration, Redefining Japaneseness critically interrogates the common assumption that people of Japanese ancestry identify as members of a global diaspora. Furthermore, through its close examination of subjects who migrate from one highly-industrialized nation to another, it dramatically expands our picture of the migrant experience., There is a rich body of literature on the experience of Japanese immigrants in the United States, and there are also numerous accounts of the cultural dislocation felt by American expats in Japan. But what happens when Japanese Americans, born and raised in the United States, are the ones living abroad in Japan? Redefining Japaneseness chronicles how Japanese American migrants to Japan navigate and complicate the categories of Japanese and ?foreigner.? Drawing from extensive interviews and fieldwork in the Tokyo area, Jane H. Yamashiro tracks the multiple ways these migrants strategically negotiate and interpret their daily interactions. Following a diverse group of subjects?some of only Japanese ancestry and others of mixed heritage, some fluent in Japanese and others struggling with the language, some from Hawaii and others from the US continent?her study reveals wide variations in how Japanese Americans perceive both Japaneseness and Americanness. Making an important contribution to both Asian American studies and scholarship on transnational migration, Redefining Japaneseness critically interrogates the common assumption that people of Japanese ancestry identify as members of a global diaspora. Furthermore, through its close examination of subjects who migrate from one highly-industrialized nation to another, it dramatically expands our picture of the migrant experience., There is a rich body of literature on the experience of Japanese immigrants in the United States, and there are also numerous accounts of the cultural dislocation felt by American expats in Japan. But what happens when Japanese Americans, born and raised in the United States, are the ones living abroad in Japan? Redefining Japaneseness chronicles how Japanese American migrants to Japan navigate and complicate the categories of Japanese and "foreigner." Drawing from extensive interviews and fieldwork in the Tokyo area, Jane H. Yamashiro tracks the multiple ways these migrants strategically negotiate and interpret their daily interactions. Following a diverse group of subjects-some of only Japanese ancestry and others of mixed heritage, some fluent in Japanese and others struggling with the language, some from Hawaii and others from the US continent-her study reveals wide variations in how Japanese Americans perceive both Japaneseness and Americanness. Making an important contribution to both Asian American studies and scholarship on transnational migration, Redefining Japaneseness critically interrogates the common assumption that people of Japanese ancestry identify as members of a global diaspora. Furthermore, through its close examination of subjects who migrate from one highly-industrialized nation to another, it dramatically expands our picture of the migrant experience., Redefining Japaneseness chronicles how Japanese American migrants to Japan experience both racial inclusion and cultural dislocation while negotiating between the categories of Japanese and "foreigner." Drawing from extensive observations and interviews with Japanese Americans who are geographically, culturally, and linguistically diverse, Jane H. Yamashiro reveals wide variations in how Japanese Americans perceive both Japaneseness and Americanness. Her findings have major implications for both Asian American studies and scholarship on transnational migration and global diasporic identity.

LC Classification NumberDS832