The Passing CCKs in Japan
Analysis on Families of Cross-Border Marriages between Japanese and Brazilian
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2961496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shuko Takeshita (0000-0003-4870-0885, Shigakkan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 369-387 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.41.3.369 |
| OpenAlex | W2611541720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
Since an amendment to the Immigration Control Act in 1990, which granted 2nd and 3rd generation Japanese unlimited visa status to work in Japan, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of Brazilians of Japanese descent coming to Japan. As a result, there is a large number of couples comprising Japanese and Japanese-Brazilian in Japan. In this paper, I investigated the conditions involving Cross-Culture Kids (CCK) born of these marriages. The children's first language is Japanese, and an overwhelming number of parents want their children to learn English as a second language rather than Portuguese. Regarding the children's name, there were few cases in which the child used a Brazilian name. In Japanese society, which emphases uniformity and homogeneity, using a Japanese name is one method of resolving the issue of being different from others. Parents with children who are not immediately recognizable as CCKs based on characteristics of outward appearance have developed strategies for avoiding discrimination and prejudice through passing. However, passing offers little possibility of enjoying the advantages of multicultural society. CCKs with two nationalities and cultural backgrounds should be guaranteed the right to enjoy the benefit of maintaining and developing an identity as a Japanese, in addition to one more identity. We need to encourage a new awareness of CCKs as agents for a transition from a monocultural system to a multicultural system, not only in Japanese schools, but in Japanese society as a whole
Identity (music) · Immigration · Japanese language · Linguistics · Multiculturalism · Political science · Portuguese · Prejudice (legal term) · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |