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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815699303321

Autore

Mizukami Tetsuo

Titolo

The sojourner community : Japanese migration and residency in Australia / / by Tetsuo Mizukami

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-45783-3

9786611457839

90-474-1143-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 202 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Social sciences in Asia, , 1567-2794 ; ; v. 10

Disciplina

305.895/6094

Soggetti

Japanese - Australia - Social life and customs

Immigrants - Australia

Australia Ethnic relations

Australia Emigration and immigration

Japan Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Global migration and sojourner presence  --  The study and conceptualisation of the sojourner  --  Japanese people overseas: an Australian case-study  --  A profile of Japanese residency in major cities  --  Japanese schools among Japanese ethnic organisations --  The distinctive features of sojourners and their communities.

Sommario/riassunto

The important theoretical dimension of this book is the refinement of the concept of the sojourner to take into account the migrants’ settlement phases. Although the sociological meaning of the sojourner vis-à-vis settler has not been sufficiently discussed in the social scientific area, the growing significance of sojourning foreigners should not be ignored. Part of the book illustates the characteristic patterns of population movements from Japan to Australia by analysing statistical data. The outcome from the extensive research, including intensive fieldwork conducted in Melbourne, portrays the distinctiveness of the Japanese community living there. This work will contribute to sociology of migration and cultural exchange programme and multi-national firm that seeks to better understand the unavoidable transformation relating



to various patterns of international migration and the emergence of new types of urban ethnicity.