<Article>Two Japanese Women Ceramists in Brazil : Identity Culture and Representation

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By presenting the life-story account of two Japanese women ceramists Shoko Suzuki and Mieko Ukeseki inserting it in its historical and sociocultural context this work aims to present the historical constructions cultural representations personal experiences and subjectivities involved in the construction of their identity. From their discourse and practice analysis collected from the precepts defined by Daniel Bertaux (1997) as recits de vie ("life story accounts") we intend to understand the personal processes involved in the construction of their cultural identity marked by the transcultural experience due to the immigration to Brazil in the 1960s and 1970s respectively. The history of Japanese ceramics takes here an important part for the construction of images of "Japaneseness" which are translated in the discourse and practice of these potters. However it is in the appropriation and reinterpretation of these representations in dialogue with their personal experiences and subjectivities that cultural identity is created. By shedding light on the personal account of the life stories of two Japanese women potters in Brazil this research also aims to contribute to illuminate various aspects of history society and culture of Japan and Brazil in the last century in particular the processes involved in the construction of Japanese cultural identity through craft and pottery the situation of women in Japanese ceramics the immigration of Japanese artists and craftsmen to Brazil and the creation of a Japanese-Brazilian identity.

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  • 国際日本研究

    国際日本研究 7 201-212, 2015-03-02

    筑波大学人文社会科学研究科国際日本研究専攻

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