There have been an increasing number of immigrants from abroad in Japan,especially after the 1990s. In this article, I focused on the Brazilian people of Japanesedescent, commonly known as “decasségui” in Portuguese. As a case study, Iconducted a fieldwork in three local communities: (1) Tsurumi word of YokohamaCity, Kanagawa Prefecture, (2) Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka Prefecture, and (3)Oizumi Town in Gunma Prefecture, where decasségui are concentrated. It is reported that over 300,000 or even 350,000 decasségui were present in Japanin 2008. However, due to the Lehman Shock in 2009, approximately 100,000 returnedto Brazil since then. And yet we need to point out that 200,000 arestill residing inJapan and that there is a better chance of their staying in the societypermanently. In this paper, I compared ethnic town sceneries of the tree Brazilian communities,especially by focusing on how they look different in terms of the shops and otherfacilities that they have created for their own community. Furthermore, I touched upon how researchers should conduct field research inethnic minority communities and commented on possibilities and limitations of“Multicultural Coexistence”of Japan.
한국일본언어문화학회 [Japanese Language & Culture Association of Korea]
설립연도
2001
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
본 학회는 일본어학 및 일본문학은 물론, 일본의 정치, 경제, 문화, 사회 등의 일본학 전반에 걸친 연구 및 일본의 언어, 문화를 매체로 한 한국과의 비교 연구를 대상으로 하고 있다. 본 학회는 회원들에게 연구 발표 및 정보 교환의 기회를 부여하고 나아가 한국에서의 바람직한 일본 연구 자세를 확립하는 것을 주된 목표로 하고 있다.