How diasporic ties emerge

Pan-American Nikkei communities and the Japanese state

Bibliographic Data

ID2150397
AuthorsAyumi Takenaka (corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume32
Issue8
Pages1325-1345
Publication date2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870701719055
OpenAlexW2019855304
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited16

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

Ethnic group · Family ties · Genealogy · Homeland · Immigration · Interpersonal ties · Political science · Product (mathematics · Residence · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Strong ties · Transnationalism · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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