Negotiating multiple identities Shame and pride among Japanese retur
This book uses a post-modern approach to explore how Japanese returnee students (kikokushijo) and former returnees who work in Japanese industry, negotiate multiple identities. Methodological triangulation is used to study inner perception of face, emotio
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Negotiating multiple identities Shame and pride among Japanese returnees
Negotiating multiple identities
Kiyoko Sueda
Negotiating multiple identities Shame and pride among Japanese returnees
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Kiyoko Sueda Aoyama Gakuin University Tokyo Japan
ISBN 978-981-287-007-0 ISBN 978-981-287-008-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-008-7 Springer Singapore Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014934679 © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To my family, my friends, and my mentors who supported me on sunny days and rainy days and in memory of my father, Keijiro Nakajima, who lived an ordinary life in an extraordinary way.
Foreword
Kiyoko Sueda, Professor of communication studies at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading figure in the field of intercultural communication. In this book, she uses her research with Japanese ‘returnees’ (people who have spent substantial periods of time outside Japan and then returned) to illuminate important issues of personal and social identity. Returnees are often seen in Japan as both privileged, in particular because of their ability in the English language, a valuable resource in a globalising world, and in some ways di
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