2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Image Transformation of Indigenous Oaxacan Migrants in the United States: An Anthropological Case Study of the Festivals Held by Oaxacan Hometown Communities
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19K23138
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
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| Research Institution | Tsuru University (2021-2023)
Waseda University (2019-2020) |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | メキシコ移民 / ロサンゼルス / 同郷会 / 贈与 / ゲラゲッツァ / 家族的類似性 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The hometown community association ORO created by Oaxacan Mexican immigrants host their traditional festival called "Guelaguetza" in Los Angeles. In general, they are called “cultural separatists” and have been criticized for its closedness. However, in reality, their membership are not limited to people from Oaxaca, but also include Koreans, Salvadorans, and second and third generation immigrants born in US.They call the participants who gather at the event as "Oaxacans," but this is not a category based on bloodline but is constructed among different ethnic groups through interaction regardless the raceThey create a sense of solidarity beyond ethnic boundaries through finding and realizing the similarities and proximity, which reminds Wittgenstein's concept of "family resemblance."
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| Free Research Field |
文化人類学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究の学術的・社会的意義は、「文化的分離主義者」として米国内で批判にさらされてきたメキシコ移民が、じつは彼らの伝統文化を通じて他の民族とも積極的な交流を行っていることを明らかにし、メキシコ移民に付きまとう排他的・閉鎖的イメージを変革することにある。本研究を通して、近年、世界的に弱体化する多文化社会の復権を考える手がかりとする。
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