Home and Belonging: weaving Japanese Experiences into the Narrative of the Nation
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mito de retorno, lar, (não)pertencimento, imigração japonesa, espaço urbanoAbstract
Brazil hosts the largest Japanese diaspora outside Japan, yet their experiences have often been overlooked. This essay examines Nihonjin (2011) by Oscar Nakasato and O sol se põe em São Paulo (2007) by Bernardo Carvalho, analyzing how urban space and cultural practices shape the sense of belonging. The essay discusses how the notion of home is constituted through physical and imagined borders, producing multiple and often conflicting experiences of (non)belonging.
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