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Explores the self-definition of Nikkei discourse in Portuguese-language culture by Brazilian authors of Japanese ancestry. Using books and films by twentieth-century Nikkei authors as case studies to redefine the ideas of Brazilianness and Japaneseness from both a national and a transnational perspe...

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Main Author:	López-Calvo, Ignacio (Author)
Other Authors:	Lesser, Jeff (writer of foreward.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
Series:	George and Sakaye Aratani Nikkei in the Americas series.
Subjects:	Japanese > Brazil > Ethnic identity. Motion pictures > Brazil > History. Brazilian literature > 20th century > Japanese authors > History and criticism. National characteristics, Japanese, in motion pictures. National characteristics, Japanese, in literature.

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Summary:	Explores the self-definition of Nikkei discourse in Portuguese-language culture by Brazilian authors of Japanese ancestry. Using books and films by twentieth-century Nikkei authors as case studies to redefine the ideas of Brazilianness and Japaneseness from both a national and a transnational perspective.
Physical Description:	xi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-274) and index.
ISBN:	9781607328490 1607328496