Us, Hawai'i-born Japanese

Storied Identities of Japanese American Elderly from a Sugar Plantation Community
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-415-65473-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 441 g

Reihe: Studies in Asian Americans

This is a book about the collective identities of Japanese American elderly in a former sugar plantation community in the rural town of Puna, Hawai'i.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kinoshita, Gaku

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Plantation Stories and Collective Identities Chapter Three: Ethnic Identity Chapter Four: Class Identity Chapter Five: Generational Identity Chapter Six: Gendered Identity Chapter Seven: Conclusion Appendix A: Plantation Stories Appendix B: Fujinkai Survey Notes References Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gaku Kinoshita was born in Japan and educated in both Japan and the US. He earned his Ph.D. in anthropology at the university of Hawai'i at Manoa.