An ethnography of the lives of Japanese and Japanese Brazilian migrants : childhood, family, and work /

This book explores the Japanese emigration to the planned colony of Bastos in Sao Paulo, Brazil in the early twentieth century. Using interviews and fieldwork done in both Bastos and Japan, Ethel Kosminsky analyzes the consequences of these temporary labor migrations on the immigrants and their fami...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kosminsky, Ethel Volfzon (Author)
Other Authors:	Sakamoto, Arthur (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]
Subjects:	Bastos (São Paulo, Brazil) > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century. Japanese > Brazil > Bastos (São Paulo) > History > 20th century. Japanese > Brazil > Ethnic identity. Japanese > Cultural assimilation > Brazil. Immigrants > Brazil > Bastos (São Paulo) > History > 20th century. Japan > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century. Return migration > Japan > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

An Overview of Japanese Migration to the Americas
Japanese Colonies in São Paulo State
Living in Bastos
Familial Organization in Japan and in Japanese Colonies in São Paulo State
The Japanese Brazilian World Upside Down
Intermediating Labor Force: Agents of Transnational Migrants
Transnational Migration : An Ethnographical Account
Labor Migration : Dekasegi
Living in Japan
Familial Relationships : Children and Teenagers.