A Discontented Diaspora
Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960-1980
1st Edition
Published on 14. September 2007
256 pages
978-0-8223-9048-0 (ISBN)
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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.
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A Discontented Diaspora
Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960-1980
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Duke University Press
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A Discontented Diaspora
Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960-1980
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09/2007
Duke University Press
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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.
Content
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
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
