The Nature of Hope

Description:

"Explores the self-definition of Nikkei discourse in Portuguese-language cultural [i.e.culture] by Brazilian authors of Japanese ancestry. Using books and films by twentieth-century Nikkei authors as case studies to redefine the ideas of Brazilianness and Japaneseness from both a national and a transnational perspective"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Environmentalism,  Community organization,  Political participation,  Environmental justice,  Japanese,  Ethnic identity,  Motion pictures,  History,  Brazilian literature,  Japanese authors,  History and criticism,  National characteristics, Japanese, in motion pictures,  National characteristics, Japanese, in literature,  Ökologische Bewegung,  Politische Beteiligung,  Umweltgerechtigkeit