Tag: Nancy Matsumoto

  • Betwixt and Between: Embracing the Borderlands of My Mixed Heritage Discover Nikkei 2013-01-23 Mari L’Esperance For weeks I resisted beginning work on this essay. Then, synchronistically, I encountered two pieces at Discover Nikkei that helped me get started. The first was Nancy Matsumoto’s excellent review (December 26, 2012) of Nikkei/Hapa psychologist Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu’s latest book…

  • Book Review: Exploring the Borderlands of Race, Nation, Sex and Gender Discover Nikkei: Japanese Migrants and Their Descendants 2012-12-26 Nancy Matsumoto Growing up in predominantly white Marin County, mixed-race yonsei Akemi Johnson hates her name and just wants to blend in. In college, though, her attitude changes. She studies race and ethnicity and travels to…