Cultural migrants from Japan : youth, media, and migration in New York and London
Title:
Cultural migrants from Japan : youth, media, and migration in New York and London
Author:
Fujita, Yuiko, 1971-
ISBN:
9780739128916
Publication Information:
New York : Lexington Books, c2009.
Physical Description:
x, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Abstract:
Introduction: Media, migration, and multi-sited ethnography -- The "imagined West" in Japan -- Encountering "race" and ethnic relations -- Gendered Japaneseness : negotiating images of "submissive" and "easy" women -- Local Japanese communities -- Transnational media, mobility, and imagining "home" -- Conclusion: National identity and transnationalism -- Appendix 1: Notes on methodology -- Appendix 2: Profiles of respondents.
Subject Term:
Subject:
| Japanese -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. |
| Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. |
| Youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. |
| Japanese -- England -- London -- Social conditions. |
| Immigrants -- England -- London -- Social conditions. |
| Youth -- England -- London -- Social conditions. |
| Mass media and youth. |
| Transnationalism. |
| New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations. |
| London (England) -- Ethnic relations. |
Summary:
Introduction: Media, migration, and multi-sited ethnography -- The "imagined West" in Japan -- Encountering "race" and ethnic relations -- Gendered Japaneseness : negotiating images of "submissive" and "easy" women -- Local Japanese communities -- Transnational media, mobility, and imagining "home" -- Conclusion: National identity and transnationalism -- Appendix 1: Notes on methodology -- Appendix 2: Profiles of respondents.