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The Mexican Transpacific: Nikkei Writing, Visual Arts, and
Performance considers the influence of a Japanese ethnic background
or lack thereof in the writing of several twentieth and
twenty-first century Mexican authors, directors, and artists. In
spite of the unquestionable influence of the Nikkei communities in
Mexico's history and culture, and the numerous historical studies
recently published on these two communities, the study of their
cultural production and, therefore, their self-definition and how
they conceive themselves has been, for the most part, overlooked.
This book, a continuation of the author's previous research on
cultural production by Latin American authors of Asian ancestry,
focuses mostly on texts, films, and artworks produced by Asian
Mexicans, rather than on the Japanese or Chinese as mere objects of
study. However, it will also be contrasted with the representation
of Asians by Mexican authors with no Asian ancestry. With this
interdisciplinary study, the author hopes to bring to the fore this
silenced community's voice and agency to historicize their own
experience. The Mexican Transpacific is a much needed contribution
to the fields of contemporary Mexican studies, Latin American
studies, race and ethnic studies, transnational Asian studies, and
Japanese diaspora studies, in light of the theoretical perspectives
of cultural studies, the decolonial turn, and postcolonial theory.
The Mexican Transpacific: Nikkei Writing, Visual Arts, and
Performance considers the influence of a Japanese ethnic background
or lack thereof in the writing of several twentieth and
twenty-first century Mexican authors, directors, and artists. In
spite of the unquestionable influence of the Nikkei communities in
Mexico's history and culture, and the numerous historical studies
recently published on these two communities, the study of their
cultural production and, therefore, their self-definition and how
they conceive themselves has been, for the most part, overlooked.
This book, a continuation of the author's previous research on
cultural production by Latin American authors of Asian ancestry,
focuses mostly on texts, films, and artworks produced by Asian
Mexicans, rather than on the Japanese or Chinese as mere objects of
study. However, it will also be contrasted with the representation
of Asians by Mexican authors with no Asian ancestry. With this
interdisciplinary study, the author hopes to bring to the fore this
silenced community's voice and agency to historicize their own
experience. The Mexican Transpacific is a much needed contribution
to the fields of contemporary Mexican studies, Latin American
studies, race and ethnic studies, transnational Asian studies, and
Japanese diaspora studies, in light of the theoretical perspectives
of cultural studies, the decolonial turn, and postcolonial theory.
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