Forging a North-South Perspective
Nikkei Migration in Karen Tei Yamashita's Novels
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10891012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jinqi Ling (Jinqi Ling is Associate Professor of English and Asian American Studies at UCLA. He is the author of Narrating Nationalisms: Ideology and Form in Asian American Literature (Oxford, 1998). He is currently working on a book project that deals with transnationality, class, interracial relations, and surrealism in Asian American literature., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Amerasia Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-7471 • E-ISSN: 2642-0228 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17953/amer.32.3.b087476787t0715l |
| OpenAlex | W2257871715 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article assesses the significance of Yamashita's attempts through an examination of three of her novels that focus on Japanese-Brazilian interaction: Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (1990), Brazil-Maru (1992), and Circle K Cycles (2001).2 Previously, Asian American literary studies have been largely informed by U.S.-centered historical research and by premises originating in Edward Said's critique of Orientalism. Recent investigations of Asian American literary production, however, self-consciously foreground a transnational perspective, emphasizing the multiple trajectories of Asian diasporas, the transcendental force of commercial market, the fluidity of cyberspace, and the growing impact of Asian capitalisms. Yet many such efforts do not go beyond normative postnational procedures and the larger map of a now reified East- West analysis. Consequently, they often end up affirming the rhetorical underpinnings of a U.S.-inspired imaginary of mobility,3 while they continue to ignore the ongoing soci
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2021 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |