1st Edition
Migrants and Identity in Japan and Brazil The Nikkeijin
By Daniela de Carvalho
Copyright 2003
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Economic and social difficulties at the beginning of the 20th century caused many Japanese to emigrate to Brazil. The situation was reversed in the 1980s as a result of economic downturn in Brazil and labour shortages in Japan. This book examines the construction and reconstruction of the ethnic identities of people of Japanese descent, firstly in the process of emigration to Brazil up to the... Read more
1. An Historical Overview of Japanese Emigration 2. Japanese Immigrants in Brazil 3. From Dekasegi Imin to Nikkeijin 4. The Dekasegi (migrants) 5. The making of the Nikkei minority 6. Conclusion
Biography
A graduate of the University of Sheffield, Daniela de Carvalho is currently an Associate Professor of Social Psychology at Portucalense Universtiy, Oporto
