| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 202 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Japanese migrants and their descendants in Brazil -- pt. 2. Brazilian Nikkei migrants in Japan |
| Summary |
At the beginning of the 20th century many Japanese emigrated to Brazil. During the 1980s the situation was reversed. This title examines the relationship between the Nikkei migrants and the Japanese. related to the emerging diversity of society |
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Economic and social difficulties at the beginning of the 20th century caused many Japanese to emigrate to Brazil. The situation was reversed in the 1980s as a result of economic downturn in Brazil and labour shortages in Japan. This book examines the construction and reconstruction of the ethnic identities of people of Japanese descent, firstly in the process of emigration to Brazil up to the 1980s, and secondly in the process of return migration to Japan in the 1990s. The closed nature of Japan's social history means that the effect of return migration' can clearly be seen. Japan is to some extent a unique sociological specimen owing to the absence of any tradition of receiving immigrants. This book is first of all about migration, but also covers the important related issues of ethnic identity and the construction of ethnic communities. It addresses the issues from the dual perspective of Japan and Brazil. The findings suggest that mutual contact has led neither to a state of conflict nor to one of peaceful coexistence, but rather to an assertion of difference. It is argued that the Nikkeijin consent strategically to the social definitions imposed upon their identities and that the issue of the Nikkeijin presence is closely related to the emerging diversity of Japanese society. Economic and social difficulties at the beginning of the 20th century caused many Japanese to emigrate to Brazil. The situation was reversed in the 1980s as a result of economic downturn in Brazil and labour shortages in Japan. This book examines the construction and reconstruction of the ethnic identities of people of Japanese descent, firstly in the process of emigration to Brazil up to the 1980s, and secondly in the process of return migration to Japan in the 1990s. The closed nature of Japan's social history means that the effect of return migration' can clearly be seen. Japan is to some extent a unique sociological specimen owing to the absence of any tradition of receiving immigrants. This book is first of all about migration, but also covers the important related issues of ethnic identity and the construction of ethnic communities. It addresses the issues from the dual perspective of Japan and Brazil. The findings suggest that mutual contact has led neither to a state of conflict nor to one of peaceful coexistence, but rather to an assertion of difference. It is argued that the Nikkeijin consent strategically to the social definitions imposed upon their identities and that the issue of the Nikkeijin presence is closely related to the emerging diversity of Japanese society |
| Analysis |
Trabajadores extranjeros brasileños Japón |
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Migración de retorno Japón |
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Japón Emigración e inmigración |
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Brasil emigración e inmigración |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-199) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Foreign workers, Brazilian -- Japan
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Return migration -- Japan
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Brazilians -- Japan -- Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Brazilians -- Social conditions
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Emigration and immigration
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Foreign workers, Brazilian
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Return migration
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Buitenlandse arbeiders.
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Remigratie.
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Identiteit.
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Japan -- Emigration and immigration
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Brazil -- Emigration and immigration
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Brazil
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Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0700717056 |
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9780700717057 |
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0203220714 |
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9780203220719 |
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9786610180387 |
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6610180385 |
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9781135787653 |
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1135787654 |
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113887924X |
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9781138879249 |
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1280180382 |
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9781280180385 |
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9781135787660 |
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1135787662 |
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9781135787615 |
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1135787611 |
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