Nisei/Sansei : shifting Japanese American identities and politics
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Nisei/Sansei : shifting Japanese American identities and politics
（Asian American history and culture series）
Temple University Press, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-249) and index
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ISBN 9781566395502
Description
To talk about \u0022political style\u0022 is to acknowledge a dynamic and somewhat improvisational approach to politics; it is to acknowledge the need to work within the limits presented by tradition, resources, and social context. To speak of \u0022political style\u0022 in relation to a particular ethnic group is to recognize their agency in shaping their history. In Nisei/Sansei: Shifting Japanese American Identities and Politics Jere Takahashi challenges studies that describe the Japanese American community's essentially linear process toward assimilation into U.S. society. As he develops a complex and nuanced account of Japanese American life, he shows that a diversity of opinion and debate about effective political strategy characterized each generation of Japanese Americans. As he investigates the ways in which each generation attempted to advance its interests and concerns, he uncovers the struggles over key issues and introduces the community activists who voices have been muffled by assimilation narratives.
Takahashi's approach to political style includes the ways that Japanese American mustered and managed political resources, but also encompasses their on-going efforts at self-definition. His focus, then, is on personal and social action; on individual activists, power, and ideological shifts within the community, and generational change. In telling the story of the community's complex and dynamic relationship to the larger society, he highlights individuals who contributed to the struggles and debates that paved the way for the emergence of a distinct Japanese American identity.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS Preface Introduction Chapter 1 The Issei Legacy: From Entry to Exclusion Chapter 2 Grant Avenue Blues: Pre-World War II Nisei Socioeconomic Position Chapter 3 "Lower the Anchor": Formation of Nisei Perspectives Chapter 4 "Constructive Cooperation": Submersion of Ethnicity and Rising Significance of Americanization Chapter 5 "Making Do": Reentry to American Life Chapter 6 More than "Conservative": Postwar Political Styles Chapter 7 "Divided by Color": Changing Racial Context Chapter 8 "From Our Own Point of View": Coming to Terms with the 1960s Conclusion Notes Index
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: pbk ISBN 9781566396592
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A thorough examination of the diverse political styles of second and third generation Japanese Americans and their resonance within the changing racial dynamics and political complexities in the United States.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS Preface Introduction Chapter 1 The Issei Legacy: From Entry to Exclusion Chapter 2 Grant Avenue Blues: Pre-World War II Nisei Socioeconomic Position Chapter 3 "Lower the Anchor": Formation of Nisei Perspectives Chapter 4 "Constructive Cooperation": Submersion of Ethnicity and Rising Significance of Americanization Chapter 5 "Making Do": Reentry to American Life Chapter 6 More than "Conservative": Postwar Political Styles Chapter 7 "Divided by Color": Changing Racial Context Chapter 8 "From Our Own Point of View": Coming to Terms with the 1960s Conclusion Notes Index
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