Japanese American celebration and conflict : a history of ethnic identity and festival, 1934-1990
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Japanese American celebration and conflict : a history of ethnic identity and festival, 1934-1990
（American crossroads, 8）
University of California Press, c2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-263) and index
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ISBN 9780520227422
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Do racial minorities in the United States assimilate to American values and institutions, or do they retain ethnic ties and cultures? In exploring the Japanese American experience, Lon Kurashige recasts this tangled debate by examining what assimilation and ethnic retention have meant to a particular community over a long period of time. This is an inner history, in which the group identity of one of America's most noteworthy racial minorities takes shape. From the 1930s, when Japanese immigrants controlled sizable ethnic enclaves, to the tragic wartime internment and postwar decades punctuated by dramatic class mobility, racial protest and the influx of economic investment from Japan, the story is fraught with conflict. The narrative centres on Nisei Week in Los Angeles, the largest annual Japanese celebration in the United States. The celebration is a critical site of political conflict and the ways it has changed over the years reflect the ongoing competition over what it has meant to be Japanese American.
Kurashige reveals, subtly and with attention to gender issues, the tensions that emerged at different moments, not only between those who emphasized Japanese ethnicity and tho
Table of Contents
- Introduction - the problem of racial rearticulation. Part 1 Enclave: succeeding immigrants - ethnic leadership and the origins of Nisei Week
- rise and fall of biculturalism consumption, socialization and Americanism. Part 2 Camp: war and the American front collaboration, protest and class in the internment crisis. Part 3 Communities: defining integration - the return of Nisei Week and remaking of Japanese American identity
- the new cosmopolitanism from heterodoxy to orthodoxy
- nationalisms and internationalisms - new left, ethnic rights and shopping centres.
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: pbk ISBN 9780520227439
Description
Do racial minorities in the United States assimilate to American values and institutions, or do they retain ethnic ties and cultures? In exploring the Japanese American experience, Lon Kurashige recasts this tangled debate by examining what assimilation and ethnic retention have meant to a particular community over a long period of time. This is an inner history, in which the group identity of one of America's most noteworthy racial minorities takes shape. From the 1930s, when Japanese immigrants controlled sizable ethnic enclaves, to the tragic wartime internment and postwar decades punctuated by dramatic class mobility, racial protest, and the influx of economic investment from Japan, the story is fraught with conflict. The narrative centers on Nisei Week in Los Angeles, the largest annual Japanese celebration in the United States. The celebration is a critical site of political conflict, and the ways it has changed over the years reflect the ongoing competition over what it has meant to be Japanese American.
Kurashige reveals, subtly and with attention to gender issues, the tensions that emerged at different moments, not only between those who emphasized Japanese ethnicity and those who stressed American orientation, but also between generations and classes in this complex community.
Table of Contents
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Problem of Racial Rearticulation Part 1: Enclave 1. Succeeding Immigrants Ethnic Leadership and the Origins of Nisei Week 2. Rise and Fall of Biculturalism Consumption, Socialization, and Americanism Part 2: Camp 3. War and the American Front Collaboration, Protest, and Class in the Internment Crisis Part 3: Communities 4. Defining Integration The Return of Nisei Week and Remaking of Japanese American Identity 5. The New Cosmopolitanism From Heterodoxy to Orthodoxy 6. Nationalisms and Internationalisms New Left, Ethnic Rights, and Shopping Centers Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index
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