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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamashiro, Jane H., author.

Series:

Asian American studies today

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans--Japan--Ethnic identity.

Japanese Americans.

Japanese Americans--Ethnic identity.

Japanese Americans--Migrations.

National characteristics, Japanese.

Ethnicity--Japan.

Ethnicity.

Emigration and immigration.

Social aspects.

Transnationalism.

Japan--Ethnic relations.

Japan.

Ethnic relations.

Transnationalism--Social aspects--Japan.

Transnationalism--Social aspects--United States.

Japan--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xx, 216 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

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

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813576374

0813576377

9780813576367

0813576369

OCLC:

949922680