As novas gerações descendentes de imigrantes japoneses: entre nihonjins e gaijins, a racialização amarela no sudeste rio-grandense.

Abstract

This research proposal aims to discuss racializing and intersectional aspects in more recent descendents of previous generations of Japanese immigrants, within the mesoregion of southeastern Rio Grande do Sul state, in Brazil. With a defined scope on the municipality of Rio Grande, in a delimited generational period from the 1990s, thus considering the Brazilian re-democratrization and the Japanese lost decade. Taking into account that the concept of Culture spreads over both the field of migrations and the category of generation, it is pertinent to consider ideas from authors such as Abdelmalek Sayad, Homi Bhabha, Edward Said and Stuart Hall in order to achieve a post-colonial perspective. This allows us to discuss identity and difference as a determination of otherness, seeking to understand relational and non-fixed characteristics in the construction of local identities. As a conclusion, an analysis is offered in aid to enhance the discussion regarding how these new generations deal with ethinic determinism and racialization, as well as to discuss how individuals, from the perspective proposed by Judith Butler, performatize their identities and mobilize their vulnerabilities.