Living Transnationally between Japan and Brazil: Routes beyond Roots (New Studies in Modern Japan) - Hardcover

Sarah LeBaron Von Baeyer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 149858036X ISBN 13: 9781498580366

Publisher: Lexington Books, 2019

Synopsis

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

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About the Author

Nicole Griffin is an international early childhood education specialist with an interest in African Studies. She has worked at various education projects in Tanzania and is currently a graduate student at University College London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149858036X
• ISBN 13: 9781498580366
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258