Japanese American celebration and conflict : a history of ethnic identity and festival, 1934-1990 / / Lon Kurashige

• Autore: Kurashige Lon <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.4/94004956
• Soggetto topico: Japanese Americans - California - Los Angeles - Social life and customs - 20th century; Japanese Americans - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions - 20th century; Japanese Americans - Ethnic identity - California - Los Angeles; Ethnic festivals - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century; Citizens' associations - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Los Angeles (Calif.) Ethnic relations; Los Angeles (Calif.) Social life and customs 20th century; Los Angeles (Calif.) Social conditions 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-263) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART 1: ENCLAVE -- PART 2: CAMP -- PART 3: COMMUNITIES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Do racial minorities in the United States assimilate to American values and institutions, or do they retain ethnic ties and cultures? In exploring the Japanese American experience, Lon Kurashige recasts this tangled debate by examining what assimilation and ethnic retention have meant to a particular community over a long period of time. This is an inner history, in which the group identity of one of America's most noteworthy racial minorities takes shape. From the 1930's, when Japanese immigrants controlled sizable ethnic enclaves, to the tragic wartime internment and postwar decades punctuated by dramatic class mobility, racial protest, and the influx of economic investment from Japan, the story is fraught with conflict. The narrative centers on Nisei Week in Los Angeles, the largest annual Japanese celebration in the United States. The celebration is a critical site of political conflict, and the ways it has changed over the years reflect the ongoing competition over what it has meant to be Japanese American. Kurashige reveals, subtly and with attention to gender issues, the tensions that emerged at different moments, not only between those who emphasized Japanese ethnicity and those who stressed American orientation, but also between generations and classes in this complex community.
• Titolo autorizzato: Japanese American Celebration and conflict
• ISBN: 0-520-92647-1; 1-59734-689-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822771103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American crossroads ; ; 8.