Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hegemony, 1897-1945University of Arizona Press, 2014年2月27日 - 264 頁 At the beginning of the twentieth century, thousands of Japanese citizens sought new opportunities abroad. By 1910, nearly ten thousand had settled in Mexico. Over time, they found work, put down roots, and raised families. But until now, very little has been written about their lives. Looking Like the Enemy is the first English-language history of the Japanese experience in Mexico. Ê Japanese citizens were initially lured to Mexico with promises of cheap and productive land in Chiapas. Many of the promises were false, and the immigrants were forced to fan out across the country, especially to the lands along the US border. As Jerry Garc’a reveals, they were victims of discrimination based on Òdifference,Ó but they also displayed Òmarkers of whitenessÓ that linked them positively to Europeans and Americans, who were perceived as powerful and socially advanced. And, Garc’a reports, many Mexicans looked favorably on the Japanese as hardworking and family-centered. Ê The book delves deeply into the experiences of the Japanese on both sides of the border during World War II, illuminating the similarities and differences in their treatment. Although some Japanese Mexicans were eventually interned (at the urging of the US government), in general the fear and vitriol that Japanese Americans encountered never reached the same levels in Mexico. Ê Looking Like the Enemy is an ambitious study of a tumultuous half-century in Mexico. It is a significant contribution to our understanding of the immigrant experience in the Western Hemisphere and to the burgeoning field of borderlands studies. |
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2 Japanese Orientalism and the Mexican Revolution 19101920 | 42 |
3 The Japanese and Postrevolutionary Mexico 1920s and 1930s | 74 |
Japanese Mexicans US Hegemony and Mexican Propaganda 19411945 | 106 |
The Forced Relocation of Japanese Mexicans 19421945 | 139 |
Hacienda Internment Camps and Japanese Resistance 19421945 | 161 |
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