Antology: Japanese Peruvian Writers

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370418
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in general
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Mato Shigeko 早稲田大学, 国際教養学術院, 准教授 (90579468)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 日系ペルー人作家 / 日系ペルー人アイデンティティー / 南米日系人作家 / 移民、移動 / ディアスポラ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I mainly analyzed how Japanese Peruvian (Nikkei) identity was born and has been transformed into indefinable, diverse, and heterogeneous identities, in literary works authored by Jose Watanabe, Augusto Higa Oshiro, Fernando Iwasaki, and Doris Moromisato. More specifically, I examined the birth and transformations of the identity of "Nikkei Peruvians," through the exploration of Japanese Peruvians' immigration experience at the end of the 19th century and, then, the 20th and 21st-century reverse immigration and migration movements. I presented the studies that explored this theme at several conferences and symposia and published articles examining the theme in academic journals.

Free Research Field

現代日系ペルー人作家による文学作品分析