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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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.
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Illustrations and Tables ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xv Prologue: The Limits of Flexibility xviii Introduction: The Pacific Rim in the Atlantic World 1 1. Brazil’s Japan: Film and the Space of Ethnicity, 1960-1970 25 2. Beautiful Bodies and (Dis)Appearing Identities: Contesting Images of Japanese-Brazilian Ethnicity, 1970-1980 47 3. Machine Guns and Honest Faces: Japanese-Brazilian Ethnicity and Armed Struggle, 1964-1980 74 4. Two Deaths Remembered 108 5. How Shizuo Osawa Became “Mario the Jap” 122 Epilogue: Diaspora and Its Discontents 148 Notes 153 Glossary 189 Bibliography 191 Index 215
Illustrations and Tables ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xv Prologue: The Limits of Flexibility xviii Introduction: The Pacific Rim in the Atlantic World 1 1. Brazil’s Japan: Film and the Space of Ethnicity, 1960-1970 25 2. Beautiful Bodies and (Dis)Appearing Identities: Contesting Images of Japanese-Brazilian Ethnicity, 1970-1980 47 3. Machine Guns and Honest Faces: Japanese-Brazilian Ethnicity and Armed Struggle, 1964-1980 74 4. Two Deaths Remembered 108 5. How Shizuo Osawa Became “Mario the Jap” 122 Epilogue: Diaspora and Its Discontents 148 Notes 153 Glossary 189 Bibliography 191 Index 215
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