Lesser A Discontented Diaspora

Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960–1980
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9048-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lesser, Jeffrey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.