{"product_id":"acquired-alterity-migration-identity-and-literary-nationalism-9780520383043","title":"Acquired Alterity: Migration, Identity, and Literary Nationalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eA new book explores Japanese-language literary activities of early Japanese migrants to Brazil, challenging ethno-nationalism and revealing \"acquired alterity\" in self-representations. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 274 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01 April 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis groundbreaking work is the first comprehensive study in English to explore the literary activities of early Japanese migrants to Brazil. It offers a detailed account of the Japanese-language bookstores, serialized newspaper fiction, original creative works, and critical apparatuses that thrived in Brazil before World War II. By examining the reading and writing practices of this diasporic population, this case study challenges the dominant mode of literary study, which often interprets texts through the lens of ethno-nationalism. Through the concept of \"acquired alterity,\" writers in the diaspora reveal the limitations and complexities of this framework, highlighting the unexpected ways in which ethnic identity can be transformed. Acquired Alterity encourages a reevaluation of the implications and motivations behind cultural analyses of texts and the constructions of personhood that are the true subjects of literary knowledge production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking work is the first comprehensive study in English to explore the literary activities of early Japanese migrants to Brazil. It offers a detailed account of the Japanese-language bookstores, serialized newspaper fiction, original creative works, and critical apparatuses that thrived in Brazil before World War II. By examining the reading and writing practices of this diasporic population, this case study challenges the dominant mode of literary study, which often interprets texts through the lens of ethno-nationalism. Through the concept of \"acquired alterity,\" writers in the diaspora reveal the limitations and complexities of this framework, highlighting the unexpected ways in which ethnic identity can be transformed. Acquired Alterity encourages a reevaluation of the implications and motivations behind cultural analyses of texts and the constructions of personhood that are the true subjects of literary knowledge production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 229 x 152 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780520383043\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward Mack","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44094775329018,"sku":"9780520383043","price":24.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1649415348598_book.jpg?v=1649437232","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/acquired-alterity-migration-identity-and-literary-nationalism-9780520383043","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}