Us, Hawai'i-born Japanese: Storied Identities of Japanese American Elderly from a Sugar Plantation Community

by Gaku Kinoshita

Overview

This is a book about the collective identities of Japanese American elderly in a former sugar plantation community in the rural town of Puna, Hawai'i.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415977982
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/28/2006
Series:	Studies in Asian Americans
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gaku Kinoshita was born in Japan and educated in both Japan and the US. He earned his Ph.D. in anthropology at the university of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Table of Contents

List of Figures     ix
List of Tables     xi
Acknowledgments     xiii
Introduction     1
Plantation Stories and Collective Identities     31
Ethnic Identity     49
Class Identity     75
Generational Identity     103
Gendered Identity     123
Conclusion     149
Plantation Stories     157
Fujinkai Survey     233
Notes     245
Bibliography     269
Index     281