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Acquired alterity : migration, identity, and literary nationalism /

"A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. This is the first monograph-length study in English of the Japanese-language literary activities-both reading and writing-of Japanese migrants to Brazil. It provides a detailed history of Japanese-language...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mack, Edward Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Series:New interventions in Japanese studies ; 3.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The state : Livraria Yendo and Japanese-language readers in Brazil
  • Culture : samurai, spies, and serialized fiction
  • Ethnos : tacit promises
  • Language : the illusion of linguistic singularity, or the monolingual imagination
  • Conclusions : naming collections of text
  • Appendix 1: Proper Names
  • Appendix 2 : Koronia-go (loanwords from Portuguese)