Tag: Japan

  • The Heart of Hyacinth University of Washington Press 2000 (Originally published in 1903) 288 pages 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Paperback ISBN: paperback (9780295979168 Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton) (1875-1954) Introduction by: Samina Najmi, Professor of English California State University, Fresno The Heart of Hyacinth, originally published in 1903, tells the coming-of-age story of Hyacinth Lorrimer, a child…

  • Embodying Belonging: Racializing Okinawan Diaspora in Bolivia and Japan University Of Hawai‘i Press May 2010 272 pages Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8248-3344-2 Taku Suzuki, Assistant Professor of International Studies Denison University, Granville, Ohio Embodying Belonging is the first full-length study of a Okinawan diasporic community in South America and Japan. Under extraordinary conditions throughout the twentieth century (Imperial…

  • Setting Assumptions Aside: Exploring Identity Development in Interracial Intercultural Individuals Growing up in Japan University of Toronto 2001 280 pages Penny Sue Kinnear A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto…

  • hafu (half Japanese) Lakeland Lectures Lakeland College 5-7-12 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 1st Floor 2012-03-07, 19:00 JST (Local Time) Marcia Yumi Lise, Researcher and Co-Founder The Hafu Project Lakeland College is pleased to present our ongoing lecture series, free of charge, for scholars, students and members of the public to discuss contemporary issues. You are cordially…

  • Hybrid Identities and Adolescent Girls: Being ‘Half’ in Japan Social Science Japan Journal Published Online: 2012-01-19 DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyr053 Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Stanford University Hybrid Identities and Adolescent Girls: Being ‘Half’ in Japan, by Laurel D. Kamada. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2009, 272 pp., (hardcover ISBN 978-1-84769-233-7), (paperback ISBN 978-1-84769-232-0) I hated it when I was little…

  • My Transnational, Hapa Identity in Question Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu 2012-02-19 Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Stanford University I like to say that I have a transnational, multicultural, multiethnic identity. I am hapa, haafu, I am both/and, Japanese AND American. But I know that many others still see the world in dichotomies, as either/or, Japanese OR American.   I know…

  • Negotiating Mixed Race: Projection, Nostalgia, and the Rejection of Japanese-Brazilian Biracial Children Journal of Asian American Studies Volume 14, Number 3 (October 2011) pages 361-388 Zelideth María Rivas, Professor of Chinese and Japanese Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa Since their arrival in Brazil in 1908, the presence of Japanese immigrants has shaken Brazilian conceptions of race.…

  • The Marginalization of Afro-Asians in East Asia: Globalization and the Creation of Subculture and Hybrid Identity Global Tides: Pepperdine Journal of International Studies Volume 5 (2011) 15 pages Pepperdine University, Malibu, California Sierra Reicheneker This article explores the topic of children born of biracial couplings in East Asia. The offspring of such unique unions face…

  • Institutional Barriers, Marginality, and Adaptation Among the American-Japanese Mixed Bloods in Japan The Journal of Asian Studies Volume 42, Number 3 (1983) pages 519-544 DOI: 10.2307/2055516 William R. Burkhardt, Assistant Professor of Sociology Ohio University Guided by the perspective of marginality theory, the author examines the problems that have faced the mixed-blood progeny of Japanese…

  • The Rulers and the Ruled: the Singapore Eurasian Community Under the British and the Japanese National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University 1999 DS610.25.E87 Con John Gregory Conceicao Mixed-race populations provide a challenging and fascinating subject for historical enquiry as they blend multiple cultures and, in the process, give rise to unique social and political…