Research on the memory and representation of Japanese-Brazilians

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02415
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: HIRATA Etsuko 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(言語社会専攻、日本語・日本文化専攻), 教授 (90294173)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ブラジル文学 / 日系ブラジル人 / アイデンティティー / マイノリティー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Japanese Brazilians, being as ethnic minorities in Brazil, have been long “absent” in Brazilian literature both as writers and as characters. However, there exist some significant works, written by Japanese Brazilians, that focused on the memory of their shared past, i.e., the history of Japanese immigration to Brazil. We tried to examine the representation of Japanese immigrants and their descents in these works and find out the relation between being ethnic minorities in Brazil and their writing literary works.

Free Research Field

ブラジル文学