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Japanese-American Literature through the Prism of Acculturation (Hardcover)
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Japanese-American Literature through the Prism of Acculturation (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature
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The twentieth-century reality in the Unites States was harsh for
Japanese immigrants who attempted to settle down and follow their
dreams in the new land. Prejudice and discrimination against the
newcomers, rife among Americans, were exacerbated by the
ramifications of World War II events, including the Pearl Harbor
attack, which irrevocably changed the pattern of immigrant lives.
In the aftermath, internment camps that ensued became an inexorable
part of their already miserable existence. The book delves not only
into the painful past of the Japanese immigrants and their
immediate descendants but also illustrates a wide array of Japanese
customs that the immigrants brought with them as their rich
cultural legacy. It also engages in discourse on acculturation and
acculturation strategies adopted by the two generations.
Japanese-American authors, in their fictional and non-fictional
literary accounts, reveal the search for their ethnic identity and
resulting tensions between their American and Japanese selves. An
examination tool employed for the purpose of the study has been
developed by John Widdup Berry, a cross-cultural psychologist, who
has formulated acculturation theory with its strategies of
assimilation, integration, separation and marginalisation. The book
attempts to examine cultural attitudes (preferences) of Japanese
immigrants and their offspring, and their cultural practices
(reflected in acculturation strategies). It also presents the
reader with a wide array of cultural aspects of life in the United
States that—through the lens of acculturation
strategies—reflect a rich literary matrix of intersecting
sociocultural, historical and political factors inscribed in the
twentieth-century reality of Japanese immigrants and their
Japanese-American offspring. Engaging not only for academic
professionals but also for those curious readers who long to
inspect the past and its cultural interrelations through the
memories of witnesses and their literary heritage they have left.
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