Samurai in the Land of the Gaucho: Transpacific Modernity and Nikkei Literature in Argentina

by Koichi Hagimoto

Winner of the 2024 Marysa Navarro Best Book Prize, New England Council for Latin American Studies (NECLAS)

In the early twentieth century, historical imaginings of Japan contributed to the Argentine vision of "transpacific modernity." Intellectuals such as Eduardo Wilde and Manuel Domecq Garc a celebrated Japanese customs and traditions as important values that can be integrated into Argentine society. But a new generation of Nikkei...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826505708
• ISBN13: 9780826505705
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"