How diasporic ties emerge: Pan-American Nikkei communities and the Japanese state

This paper examines the development of global ethnic ties, focusing on pan-American Nikkei activities among later-generation descendants of Japanese immigrants. How do diasporic ties emerge across countries, and how are ties mobilized? Who promotes, and participates in, this process? Pan-American Ni...

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Published in:Ethnic and racial studies 2009-10, Vol.32 (8), p.1325-1345
Main Author: Takenaka, Ayumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Community
Community Development
Community organization
Cultural identity
Diaspora
ethnicities
Ethnicity
Genealogy
Identity
Immigrant acculturation
Immigrant assimilation
Japan
Japanese Americans
Leaders
Pan-American Nikkei communities
Race relations
role of sending state
United States of America
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Summary:This paper examines the development of global ethnic ties, focusing on pan-American Nikkei activities among later-generation descendants of Japanese immigrants. How do diasporic ties emerge across countries, and how are ties mobilized? Who promotes, and participates in, this process? Pan-American Nikkei activities emerged neither as a by-product of shared ancestry or experience nor as a result of continuous ties to their ancestral homeland. Instead, they emerged in response to changes taking place in their countries of residence. Precisely because Japanese descendants throughout the Americas became assimilated, acculturated and economically better off, community leaders had both the means and need to mobilize diasporic ties - in order to bolster their communities, and their status therein, in their respective countries. The most active participants in these activities were well-to-do community leaders.
ISSN:0141-9870
1466-4356
DOI:10.1080/01419870701719055