Redefining Japaneseness : : Japanese Americans in the Ancestral Homeland / / Jane H. Yamashiro.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Yamashiro, Jane H.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Asian American Studies Today
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

There is a rich body of literature on the experience of Japanese immigrants in the United States, and there are also numerous accounts of the cultural dislocation felt by American expats in Japan. But what happens when Japanese Americans, born and raised in the United States, are the ones living abr...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• 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: Th E 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