Becoming Nikkei: creating, challenging, and expanding Nikkei identification among Chileans of Japanese descent

Abstract The term Nikkei emerged in the Americas, post-Second World War, to describe persons of Japanese descent living abroad. Based on an ethnographic study with Chileans of Japanese descent, we propose that Nikkei can be productively understood as an ethno-regional identity. Building on and depar...

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Main Authors: Carol Chan, Javiera Reyes-Navarro, Kalil Abu-Qalbein Koda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-07-01
Series:Comparative Migration Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-025-00472-w
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