Dirty Hearts - The History of Shindo Renmei (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

Fernando Morais' Dirty Hearts is a tour de force of literary journalism that investigates the discriminatory treatment of the Japanese immigrant community in Brazil during World War II and in the aftermath of Japan's defeat and unconditional surrender. In contrast to the internment camps and compulsory military service that characterized the Japanese American wartime experience, this book traces the rise to power of Shindo Renmei, an ultranationalist secret society that formed in response to the anti-Japanese measures enacted under Getulio Vargas' Estado Novo. Based in Sao Paulo, the group used terrorism, propaganda campaigns, and conspiracy theories to violently enforce its narrative of Japan's victory. These traumatic events nevertheless brought about a permanent transformation in the Japanese Brazilian community from a largely insular colony with close ties to its imperial homeland to its new identity as an ethnic minority in postwar Brazil's fraught racial democracy.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Historical and Cultural Interconnections between Latin America and Asia
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Fernando Morais
Translators:	Seth Jacobowitz
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	281
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-070561-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	3-03-070561-7
Barcode:	9783030705619

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