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A Discontented Diaspora
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NotesPreface and Acknowledgments∞.Patai, ‘‘Minority Status.’’Prologue∞.Museu Virtual Memória da Propaganda, www.memoriadapropaganda.org.br/.In 1977 Japanese technology giant Toshiba purchased the majority of shares inthe Sociedade Eletro Mercantil Paulista (Semp), a Brazilian corporation foundedin 1942. This created Semp Toshiba.≤.The term Nikkei might translate as ‘‘of the family,’’ but it is used by people ofJapanese descent throughout the Americas.≥.Queiroz, ‘‘Nacionalidade,’’ 98. The textbook in which this story is reprinted is astaple of Portuguese-language training in the United States.∂.Brazilian travelers wrote frequently about their visits to Japan. See Lesser, Nego-tiating National Identity, 147–66. São Paulo is also the world’s largest ‘‘Italian’’ cityoutside of Italy and the world’s largest ‘‘Lebanese’’ city outside of Lebanon.∑.Mirsky, ‘‘Big Dig.’’∏.Fairplay: A Revista do Homem 34 (1969): 61.π.Weinstein, ‘‘Racializing Regional Di√erence.’’∫.Zilbovicius, ‘‘Modelos de produção.’’Ω.Bamerindus Bank advertisements found in numerous editions of Veja between1975 and 1992. A similar idea was found in the 1990s slogan for sabesp (Com-panhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo; Basic Sanitation Com-pany of the State of São Paulo), São Paulo’s sanitation utility, which proclaimedthat its ‘‘service was so good you would think [the company] was founded byJapanese.’’
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NotesPreface and Acknowledgments∞.Patai, ‘‘Minority Status.’’Prologue∞.Museu Virtual Memória da Propaganda, www.memoriadapropaganda.org.br/.In 1977 Japanese technology giant Toshiba purchased the majority of shares inthe Sociedade Eletro Mercantil Paulista (Semp), a Brazilian corporation foundedin 1942. This created Semp Toshiba.≤.The term Nikkei might translate as ‘‘of the family,’’ but it is used by people ofJapanese descent throughout the Americas.≥.Queiroz, ‘‘Nacionalidade,’’ 98. The textbook in which this story is reprinted is astaple of Portuguese-language training in the United States.∂.Brazilian travelers wrote frequently about their visits to Japan. See Lesser, Nego-tiating National Identity, 147–66. São Paulo is also the world’s largest ‘‘Italian’’ cityoutside of Italy and the world’s largest ‘‘Lebanese’’ city outside of Lebanon.∑.Mirsky, ‘‘Big Dig.’’∏.Fairplay: A Revista do Homem 34 (1969): 61.π.Weinstein, ‘‘Racializing Regional Di√erence.’’∫.Zilbovicius, ‘‘Modelos de produção.’’Ω.Bamerindus Bank advertisements found in numerous editions of Veja between1975 and 1992. A similar idea was found in the 1990s slogan for sabesp (Com-panhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo; Basic Sanitation Com-pany of the State of São Paulo), São Paulo’s sanitation utility, which proclaimedthat its ‘‘service was so good you would think [the company] was founded byJapanese.’’
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations and Tables ix
  4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
  5. Abbreviations xv
  6. Prologue xix
  7. The Limits of Flexibility xix
  8. Introduction The Pacific Rim in the Atlantic World 1
  9. 1. Brazil’s Japan Film and the Space of Ethnicity, 1960–1970 25
  10. 2. Beautiful Bodies and (Dis)Appearing Identities Contesting Images of Japanese-Brazilian Ethnicity, 1970–1980 47
  11. 3. Machine Guns and Honest Faces Japanese-Brazilian Ethnicity and Armed Struggle, 1964–1980 74
  12. 4. Two Deaths Remembered 108
  13. 5. How Shizuo Osawa Became ‘‘Mário the Jap’’ 122
  14. Epilogue Diaspora and Its Discontents 148
  15. Notes 153
  16. Glossary 189
  17. Bibliography 191
  18. Index 215
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations and Tables ix
  4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
  5. Abbreviations xv
  6. Prologue xix
  7. The Limits of Flexibility xix
  8. Introduction The Pacific Rim in the Atlantic World 1
  9. 1. Brazil’s Japan Film and the Space of Ethnicity, 1960–1970 25
  10. 2. Beautiful Bodies and (Dis)Appearing Identities Contesting Images of Japanese-Brazilian Ethnicity, 1970–1980 47
  11. 3. Machine Guns and Honest Faces Japanese-Brazilian Ethnicity and Armed Struggle, 1964–1980 74
  12. 4. Two Deaths Remembered 108
  13. 5. How Shizuo Osawa Became ‘‘Mário the Jap’’ 122
  14. Epilogue Diaspora and Its Discontents 148
  15. Notes 153
  16. Glossary 189
  17. Bibliography 191
  18. Index 215
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