{"product_id":"samurai-in-the-land-of-koichi-hagimoto-9780826505705","title":"Samurai in the Land of the Gaucho: Transpacific Modernity and Nikkei Literature in Argentina","description":"In the early twentieth century, historical imaginings of Japan contributed to the Argentine vision of \"transpacific modernity.\" Intellectuals such as Eduardo Wilde and Manuel Domecq Garc? celebrated Japanese customs and traditions as important values that can be integrated into Argentine society. But a new generation of Nikkei or Japanese Argentines is rewriting this conventional narrative in the twenty-first century. Nikkei writers such as Maximiliano Matayoshi and Alejandra Kamiya are challenging the earlier, unapologetic view of Japan based on their own immigrant experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Compared to the experience of political persecution against Japanese immigrants in Brazil and Peru, the Japanese in Argentina generally lived under a more agreeable sociopolitical climate. In order to understand the \"positive\" perception of Japan in Argentine history and literature, \u003ci\u003eSamurai in the Land of the Gaucho \u003c\/i\u003eturns to the current debate on race in Argentina, particularly as it relates to the discourse of whiteness. One of the central arguments is that Argentina's century-old interest in Japan represents a disguised method of (re)claiming its white, Western identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through close readings of diverse genres (travel writing, essay, novel, short story, and film) \u003ci\u003eSamurai in the Land of the Gaucho \u003c\/i\u003eyields a multi-layered analysis in order to underline the role Japan has played in both defining and defying Argentine modernity from the twentieth century to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Koichi Hagimoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826505708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826505705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Koichi Hagimoto","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077662830847,"sku":"9780826505705","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0eda0655-c6eb-4679-8326-21b0ffa18caf.jpg?v=1685471151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/samurai-in-the-land-of-koichi-hagimoto-9780826505705","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}