Sentiment, language, and the arts : : the Japanese-Brazilian heritage / / Shuhei Hosokawa.

"Sentiments, Language, and the Arts: The Japanese-Brazilian Heritage explores the complex feelings of Japanese immigrants in Brazil, focusing on their yearning for "home" as a way of interpreting the shifting nature of their identity. To understand the immigrants' lives and feeli...

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Superior document:The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives; volume 11
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Brill,, [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Japanese
Series:The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives; volume 11.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Other title:Tōki ni arite tsukuru mono
Summary:"Sentiments, Language, and the Arts: The Japanese-Brazilian Heritage explores the complex feelings of Japanese immigrants in Brazil, focusing on their yearning for "home" as a way of interpreting the shifting nature of their identity. To understand the immigrants' lives and feelings from their own perspective, Hosokawa looks closely at their poetry, linguistic activities such as the borrowing of Portuguese words, amateur speech contests, and a fantasy about the shared origins of Japanese and the Brazilian indigenous language Tupi. He also examines the issue of group identity through the performing arts, analyzing the reception of Japanese sopranos who sang the title role in Madam Butterfly, participation in Carnival parades, and the oral storytelling of their history in popular narratives called rôkyoku. Translated from Japanese by Paul Warham.".
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:900439639X
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Shuhei Hosokawa.