Transfiguring identity: Social relationships and intercultural communication between foreign “children” and Japanese “parents”

Capobianco, Paul

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“…"Japanese people" maintain highly nuanced and idiosyncratic attitudes toward diversity, foreign and cultural Otherness, and mixed people. Studies have shown that negative or neutral attitudes are capable of changing through direct and meaningful contact between these two parties (Burgess 2008;Capobianco 2017;Faier 2009;Green 2015;Hansen 2020;Świtek 2016). Such findings relate back to Befu's observed feedback loop allowing hegemonic identity discourses to operate.…”

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Language and cultural capital in the discursive maintenance of Japanese identity

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2023

International Journal of Asian Studies

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This paper explains how the possession of linguistic and cultural capital, real and imagined, works to “make” people Japanese and reify the boundary of Japanese identity. Drawing on case studies of celebrities with multiple heritage and ethnographic data, this paper shows how discursive associations with possessing cultural capital (re)create boundaries of Japanese identity, incorporating potential out-group members and excluding ostensible in-group members. The paper argues that the possession of native-level cultural capital will become an important way of differentiating “Japanese” from Others henceforth. These discursive processes apply old hegemonic ideologies in novel ways, allowing for the perpetuation of extant identity discourses and cultural institutions to be reproduced with new faces. It also argues that cultural capital is a more practical way of categorizing Japanese people from Others than identity constructions such as race and ethnicity. In doing so, it also demonstrates how Japanese people possess multiple understandings of Japanese authenticity, which both facilitates and hinders the absorption of potential Others into the collective.

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Language and cultural capital in the discursive maintenance of Japanese identity

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“…As more Japanese engage foreigners in intimate contexts, we can expect stereotypical images of foreigners to decrease as Japanese form more meaningful relationship with them. Theoretical literature (Kim 2001(Kim , 2008(Kim , 2009 and Japan-specific literature (Burgess 2008;Capobianco 2017;Faier 2009;Lopez 2012;Świtek 2016) suggest that this is already happening. However, despite the fact that these forms of racism may decrease, they will not disappear and racism against outsiders will persist.…”

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“…Several studies have already explained how changing relationships between Japanese and foreign actors are compelling novel forms of personal relationships to develop. Specifically, these new types of interpersonal encounters allow Japanese actors to conceptualize foreign difference in new and often times more positive ways (Burgess 2008;Capobianco 2017;Faier 2009;Lopez 2012;Świtek 2016). These changes are happening because Japanese and foreigners are forming meaningful relationships, using the medium of the same language, which is compelling changes to identities and interpersonal relations.…”

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“…and from qualitative studies(Capobianco 2017;Faier 2009;Lopez 2012;Świtek 2016) that show how Japanese attitudes towards foreignness are changing among certain segments of the Japanese population. In stark contrast to the refurbished rightwing xenophobia noted above, this multicutralist line of thinking recognizes the contributions that foreigners can make to Japanese society.…”

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“…Some of the ethnographic data from this chapter was originally published in 2017 (seeCapobianco 2017). …”

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who have spent the last six years working with me through this project, its development, and giving me constant advice and support along the way. Without them, this thesis would be nowhere near the state that it is today. They also deserve special mention for supporting and guiding me as my research and professional career developed in a particularly unique way. I also want to thank my committee members, Scott Schnell, Andrew Kitchen, and Yumiko Nishi, who have also dedicated time, effort, and energy to developing this project. I also want to thank Paul Greenough for his input and time earlier in my research. I am also indebted to the

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Transfiguring identity: Social relationships and intercultural communication between foreign “children” and Japanese “parents”

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Language and cultural capital in the discursive maintenance of Japanese identity

Language and cultural capital in the discursive maintenance of Japanese identity

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