Japanese New York: Migrant Artists and Self-Reinvention on the World-Stage
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| Publication date |
2014
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| Number of pages |
253
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Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press
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Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
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| Abstract |
This is an ethnography about middle class Japanese who migrate to New York City in the hope of realizing self-potential that they feel is unavailable to them in Japan. Often leaving conventional office jobs and other corporate work, they make dramatic and risky moves into creative careers as artists and designers. Most return in the end to Japan.
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Book
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| Language |
English
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| Published at |
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9225-9780824839413.aspx
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