Strangers in the ethnic homeland: Japanese Brazilian return migration in transnational perspective

Abstract

Preface: The Japanese Brazilians as Immigrant CelebritiesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Ethnicity and the Anthropologist: Negotiating Identities in the FieldPart 1. Minority Status 1. When Minorities Migrate: The Japanese Brazilians as Positive Minorities in Brazil and Their Return Migration to Japan2. From Positive to Negative Minority: Ethnic Prejudice and Discrimination Toward the Japanese Brazilians in JapanPart 2. Identity 3. Migration and Deterritorialized Nationalism: The Ethnic Encounter with the Japanese and the Development of a Minority Counteridentity4. Transnational Communities Without a Consciousness? Transnational Connections, National Identities, and the Nation-StatePart 3. Adaptation 5. The Performance of Brazilian Counteridentities: Ethnic Resistance and the Japanese Nation-State6. Assimilation Blues: Problems Among Assimilation-Oriented Japanese BraziliansConclusion: Ethnic Encounters in the Global EcumeneEpilogue: Caste or Assimilation? The Future Minority Status and Ethnic Adaptation of the Japanese Brazilians in JapanReferencesIndex