Redefining Japaneseness by Jane H. Yamashiro - 9780813576367

Redefining JapanesenessJapanese Americans in the Ancestral Homeland\nAuthor(s): Jane H. Yamashiro\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813576367, 978-0813576367\nSynopsis\nThere 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 abroad in Japan?Redefining Japanesenesschronicles how Japanese American migrants to Japan navigate and complicate the categories of Japanese and foreigner. Drawing from extensive interviews and fieldwork in the Tokyo area, Jane H. Yamashiro tracks the multiple ways these migrants strategically negotiate and interpret their daily interactions. Following a diverse group of subjects-some of only Japanese ancestry and others of mixed heritage, so.