Redefining Japaneseness : Japanese Americans in the Ancestral Homeland.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- Asian American Studies Today Series .
- Asian American Studies Today Series .
Intro -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Terminology -- Introduction -- 1. Japanese as a Global Ancestral Group. Japaneseness on the US Continent, Hawai'i, and Japan -- 2. Differentiated Japanese American Identities. The Continent versus Hawai'i -- 3. From Hapa to Hāfu. Mixed Japanese American Identities in Japan -- 4. Language and Names in Shifting Assertions of Japaneseness -- 5. Back in the United States. Japanese American Interpretations of Their Experiences in Japan -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Methodology of Studying Japanese American Experiences in Tokyo -- Appendix B. List of Japanese American Interviewees Who Have Lived in Japan -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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Japanese Americans-Japan-Ethnic identity. Japanese Americans-Ethnic identity. Japanese Americans-Migrations. National characteristics, Japanese. Ethnicity-Japan. Transnationalism-Social aspects-Japan. Transnationalism-Social aspects-United States. Japan-Ethnic relations. Japan-Emigration and immigration-Social aspects. United States-Emigration and immigration-Social aspects.