Japanese American Ethnicity : : In Search of Heritage and Homeland Across Generations /

Japanese American Ethnicity : : In Search of Heritage and Homeland Across Generations / / Takeyuki Tsuda.

Traces the contemporary ethnic experiences of Japanese AmericansAs one of the oldest groups of Asian Americans in the United States, most Japanese Americans are culturally assimilated and well-integrated in mainstream American society. However, they continue to be racialized as culturally “Japanese”...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Tsuda, Takeyuki,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Ethnic Heritage across the Generations: Racialization, Transnationalism, and Homeland
  • Part I. History and the Second Generation
  • 1. The Prewar Nisei: Americanization and Nationalist Belonging
  • 2. The Postwar Nisei: Biculturalism and Transnational Identities
  • Part II. Racialization, Citizenship, and Heritage
  • 3. Assimilation and Loss of Ethnic Heritage among Third- Generation Japanese Americans
  • 4. The Struggle for Racial Citizenship among Later- Generation Japanese Americans
  • 5. Ethnic Revival among Fourth- Generation Japanese Americans
  • Part III. Ethnic Heritage, Performance, and Diasporicity
  • 6. Japanese American Taiko and the Remaking of Tradition
  • 7. Performative Authenticity and Fragmented Empowerment through Taiko
  • 8. Diasporicity and Japanese Americans
  • Conclusion: Japanese American Ethnic Legacies and the Future
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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