Rural isolation and dual cultural existence : the Japanese-American Kona coffee community /: the Japanese-American Kona coffee community. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David K. Abe.
• Authors: Abe, David K
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures and Pictures ; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Life of Japanese Immigrants in Kona; Scope of This Book; Data Collection; Previous Studies on Kona; Anthropological Studies on Japanese Americans; Literature Review and Theoretical Frameworks; The Ethnic Identity Framework; Assimilation; Japanese American Assimilation; Assimilation in Kona; Organization of the Study; Notes; Chapter 2: The Issei: In Search of Autonomy; Introduction; Formation of the Japanese Community in Kona: Early Immigration of the Issei: The Journey to Hawaii. Unexpected Hard Labor: The Horror of Plantation LifeEncountering Kona Society: A Place of Freedom and Sanctuary; The Formation of the Kenjinkai: Prefecture Identification and Tokoro-Mon; The Formation of the Kumi: Geographic Identification in the Kona Community27; The Lost Dream of Returning to Japan; The Formation of the Kona Coffee Farming Community; Multicultural Kona District; The Beginning of the Tenant-Farming System; Living on the Farms; Coffee-Land Houses; Food; Hawaiian Tropical Clothing; The Kona Coffee Business: The Complex Relations of Landowners and Japanese Immigrant Laborers. Coffee Farming: Hard WorkThe Coffee Off-Season: Learning, Innovation, and Resilience; Fishing Is Our Culture; Lauhala Weaving; Adapting to, and Surviving in, a New Environment; The Issei and Their Ties to the Mother Country: The Transnational Experience; Reshaping the Past; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: Religious and Social Communities: The Importance of Ethnic Solidarity; Introduction; Social Communities: The Importance of Ethnic Solidarity; The Kenjinkai: Japanese Prefectural Identity; The Kumi; Religious Communities; General Introduction. Japanese Jinjas (Shrines) in the Early Issei Period: Kamisama Overview; The Inari Shrine; Other Shinto Shrines; Wedding Ceremonies at Shinto Shrines; Ofuda (Talismans) and Omamori (Charms); Kamidana and New Year's; The Religious Issei's Approach to Japanese Buddhism; Spirituality Among the Issei; Otera (Buddhist Temples44); Overview; The Kona Hongwanji Jodo Shin-shu Temple; Overview; History; The Role of the Priest; Women and the Temples; The Kona Daifukuji Zen Soto-shu Temple; Overview; The Role of the Priest; Activities Organized by the Temple, and Relations with Shrines. The Kona Daishi-do Shingon-shu: The Healers Overview and History of Worship Sites and Temples; Religious Rituals and Practices; Ososhiki: Traditional Ritual Funerals of the Issei; Hoji: A Japanese Traditional Memorial Ritual; The Butsudan: Japanese Buddhist Altars; Ohakamairi: Ritual Attendance at the Buddhist Cemetery; Obon: The Return of the Dead; Fujinkai (Buddhist Women's Associations); Overview; The Kona Hongwanji Fujinkai; The Daifukuji Zen Soto-Shu Fujinkai; Fujinkai: In Summary; Religious and Social Communities: Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: The Nisei Experience.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.8956/073; Japanese Americans -- Social aspects -- Hawaii -- Kailua Kona; Coffee growers -- Hawaii -- Kailua Kona; Coffee plantations -- Hawaii -- Kailua Kona; Agriculture -- Hawaii -- Kailua Kona; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Agriculture; Coffee growers; Coffee plantations; Hawaii -- Kailua Kona; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319553030; 3319553038
• Related ISBNs: 9783319553023; 331955302X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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