| Living Transnationally between Japan and Brazil: Routes beyond Roots Contributor(s): Lebaron Von Baeyer, Sarah A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 149858036X ISBN-13: 9781498580366 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $115.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.895 |
| LCCN: 2022277164 |
| Series: New Studies in Modern Japan |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.21 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on over two years of participant-observation in labor brokerage firms, factories, schools, churches, and people's homes in Japan and Brazil, Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer presents an ethnographic portrait of what it means in practice to "live transnationally," that is, to contend with the social, institutional, and aspirational landscapes bridging different national settings. Rather than view Japanese-Brazilian labor migrants and their families as somehow lost or caught between cultures, she demonstrates how they in fact find creative and flexible ways of belonging to multiple places at once. At the same time, the author pays close attention to the various constraints and possibilities that people face as they navigate other dimensions of their lives besides ethnic or national identity, namely, family, gender, class, age, work, education, and religion |