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 São 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 families.

List of contents

Chapter 1: An Overview of Japanese Migration to the Americas

Chapter 2: Japanese Colonies in São Paulo State

Chapter 3: Living in Bastos

Chapter 4: Familial Organization in Japan and in Japanese Colonies in São Paulo State

Chapter 5: The Japanese Brazilian World Upside Down

Chapter 6: Intermediating Labor Force: Agents of Transnational Migrants

Chapter 7: Transnational Migration: An Ethnographical Account

Chapter 8: Labor Migration: Dekasegi

Chapter 9: Living in Japan

Chapter 10: Familial Relationships: Children and Teenagers

About the author

By Ethel V. Kosminsky - Foreword by Arthur Sakamoto

Summary

This book explores the Japanese emigration to the planned colony of Bastos in São 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 families.

Product details

• Authors: Ethel V. Kosminsky
• Assisted by: Arthur Sakamoto (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781498522618
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2261-8
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Sociology: family and relationships, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Sociology: family, kinship and relationships