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Living transnationally between Japan and Brazil : routes beyond roots / Sarah A. LeBaron von Baeyer.
Van Pelt Library DS832.7.B73 B34 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baeyer, Sarah LeBaron von, author.
- Series:
- New studies of modern Japan
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign workers, Brazilian--Japan.
- Foreign workers, Brazilian.
- Brazilians--Japan.
- Brazilians.
- Japanese--Brazil.
- Japanese.
- Migrant labor.
- Return migrants.
- Japanese--Employment.
- Ethnicity.
- Brazil.
- Brazilians--Japan--Ethnic identity.
- Japanese--Brazil--Ethnic identity.
- Brazilians--Employment--Japan.
- Japanese--Employment--Brazil.
- Return migrants--Japan.
- Japan--Emigration and immigration.
- Japan.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Brazil--Emigration and immigration.
- Migrant labor--Japan.
- Migrant labor--Brazil.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 243 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
- Summary:
- Based on over two years of participant-observation in labor brokerage firms, factories, schools, churches, and people's homes in Japan and Brazil, Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer presents an ethnographic portrait of what it means in practice to "live transnationally;" that is, to contend with the social, institutional, and aspirational landscapes bridging different national settings. Rather than view Japanese-Brazilian labor migrants and their families as somehow lost or caught between cultures, she demonstrates how they in fact find creative and flexible ways of belonging to multiple places at once. At the same time, the author pays close attention to the various constraints and possibilities that people face as they navigate other dimensions of their lives besides ethnic or national identity, namely, family, gender, class, age, work, education, and religion.
- Based on over two years of participant-observation in labor brokerage firms, factories, schools, churches, and people's homes in Japan and Brazil, Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer presents an ethnographic portrait of what it means in practice to (3z (Blive transnationally; (3y (Bthat is, to contend with the social, institutional, and aspirational landscapes bridging different national settings. Rather than view Japanese-Brazilian labor migrants and their families as somehow lost or caught between cultures, she demonstrates how they in fact find creative and flexible ways of belonging to multiple places at once. At the same time, the author pays close attention to the various constraints and possibilities that people face as they navigate other dimensions of their lives besides ethnic or national identity, namely, family, gender, class, age, work, education, and religion.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Silvas: life between Japan and Brazil
- Working-class jobs, middle-class desires
- The Matsudas: becoming Japanese
- Learning to labor or leave
- The Pereiras: back to Brazil
- Faith in God
- Conclusion
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781498580366
- 149858036X
- OCLC:
- 1119620704
- Publisher Number:
- 99983732351
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