Title Redefining Japaneseness : Japanese Americans in the ancestral homeland / Jane H. Yamashiro

Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 216 pages) Series Asian American studies today Asian American studies today. Contents Introduction -- Japanese as a global ancestral group: Japaneseness on the U.S. continent, Hawaii, and Japan -- Differentiated Japanese American identities: the continent versus Hawaii -- From Hapa to Hāfu: mixed Japanese American identities in Japan -- Language and names in shifting assertions of Japaneseness -- Back 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 -- Glossary Summary "How does the experience of living in Japan to study and work affect how Japanese Americans see themselves? Constructing Japanese American Identity in Japan examines how daily interactions with Japanese in Japan shape how Japanese Americans think about their own Japanese backgrounds. Based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork in the Tokyo area, Yamashiro aptly demonstrates how as U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, Japanese Americans navigate and complicate the mainstream categories of 'Japanese' and 'foreigner' in Japan. By using a transnational framework, Yamashiro reveals how Japanese American migrants in Japan are influenced by not only Japanese social norms and expectations, but the U.S.-based categories and notions of race that they bring with them, as well. Considering factors such as phenotype, language, usage of Japanese names, and differences between Japanese Americans from the U.S. continent and Hawai'i, Yamashiro reveals how the diversity of Japanese American experiences in Japan reflects their diverse demographics, histories, and experiences in the United States. In addition, the book details generational, gendered factors in how, after returning to the United States, Japanese Americans reflect on their experiences in Japan"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Japanese Americans -- Japan -- Ethnic identity Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity. Japanese Americans -- Migrations National characteristics, Japanese. Ethnicity -- Japan Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- Japan Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- United States Japanese. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Japanese Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Ethnic relations Ethnicity Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity National characteristics, Japanese SUBJECT Japan -- Ethnic relations Japan -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Subject Japan United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813576398 0813576393 9780813576381 0813576385

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