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METAMORPHOSIS OF THE YELLOW: JAPANESE IMMIGRATION FROM “YELLOW PERIL” TO “RACIAL DEMOCRACY”

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Author(s):
Bruno Naomassa Hayashi [1]
Total Authors: 1
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais; v. 37, n. 108 2022-05-04.
Abstract

Abstract Taking the 1946 Constituent Assembly and the 1958 Legislative Session as landmarks, this article examines the radical transformations experienced by Japanese immigrants and their descendants in the first years after World War II. While in 1946, Japanese immigration was nearly prohibited constitutionally, in 1958 the federal legislature is marked by celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of this immigration to Brazil. Based on the speeches of congressmen, I aim to identify how and on what grounds they drew boundaries separating or not the Japanese immigrants and their descendants from Brazilian nationality. The study of the legislative branch will also allow us to verify the consequences of each vision in the concrete proposals presented, discussed and voted in Parliament. The changes in the conceptions of race and nationality that dominated the debates and deliberations in the Brazilian federal legislature at each moment will be central to the understanding of the process. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 17/25367-5 - The yellow and the black: ethnic-racial and class boundaries in Brazilian social inequality
Grantee:Bruno Naomassa Hayashi
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate