2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Border-crossings and Japanese Peruvians' Home and Identity

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22820073
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
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)	2010 – 2011
Keywords	日系ペルー人文学 / アイデンティティー論 / 文学論
Research Abstract	I presented a paper related to the theme of Japanese Peruvian identity at an international conference in Cuzco, Peru and published an article in a peer-review journal. I am also presenting another paper at an international conference(acceptance 33%) in May 2012.I have also written two more articles to be revised and submitted to peer-review journals. Further, I have started another article on a Japanese Peruvian poet. During the two years of research, I was able to gather many materials in Peru and the U. S. and in Peru, I was able to meet Nikkei writers and conduct an interview.