Contents
Foreword by Jeffrey Lesser
Acknowledgments
A Note on Translation
Introduction: Diasporas, Unstable Identities, and Nikkei Discourse
1. Historical Memory and Claiming Place
2. Between Assimilationism and Cultural Celebration
3. Female Agency, Nostalgia, and Generational Gaps
4. The Impact of World War II on the Nikkeijin
5. Contested Modernities: Dekasegi (Self-)Representations and the Nipponization of Brazil
6. Brazilian Dekasegi Children in Japanese Film
Epilogue
Chronological List of Analyzed Works
Works Cited
Index