ニッケイ物語 2—ニッケイ+: 混ざり合う言語、伝統、世代、人種の物語
「ニッケイ」であるということは、本質的に、伝統や文化が混合している状態にあると言えます。世界中の多くの日系コミュニティや家族にとって、箸とフォーク両方を使い、日本語とスペイン語をミックスし、西洋のスタイルで大晦日を過ごすかたわら伝統的な日本のお正月をお雑煮を食べて過ごすということは珍しいことではありません。
このシリーズでは、多人種、多国籍、多言語といったトピックや世代間にわたるエッセイなどの作品を紹介します。
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- 英語:
怒れるハパ少女の柔道ダイアリー
チャンダ・イシサカ(著) - 日本語:
コウキチさん
ラウラ・ホンダ・ハセガワ(著) - スペイン語:
「Mabuyá」という幸運の震え:幼少時代の思い出として残るオバーの習慣
ミラグロス・ツカヤマ・シンサト(著) - ポルトガル語:
風前の灯火
中島 エドアルド剛(著)
このシリーズのストーリー
“I’m not half, I’m whole!”
2013年9月24日 • スティーブン・マーフィー重松
“I hate the word ‘half,’ which is used to designate people like me. I always wanted to be someone who is ‘whole.’” The young man raised his eyes to the evening sky and gazed upon the rising moon. It suddenly struck me that Byron and I were like the moon. As we are called “half,” the moon we were looking at is called a “half moon.” But like the moon, “half” is an illusion; there is much more to the …
アメリカ人のお宅 (American Otaku)
2013年9月20日 • ジャクソン・ブリス
When I was a boy, I felt disconnected from the kids in Northern Michigan. I played with Star Wars action figures and Japanese robots, creating intricate storylines inside my head about galactic invasion. Sometimes, I flipped through manga my parents brought back from Japan, even though I couldn’t read kanji yet. I showed up to school dressed in a Miami Vice outfit (my classmates taunted me, a few threatened to beat me up for “being a pussy”). I also played …
Japanese and Jewish Food Come Home to Brooklyn
2013年8月27日 • タミオ・スピーゲル
Sawako Okochi has always had a sense of adventure. When she finished high school in Hiroshima and her classmates were deciding which Japanese universities to apply to, her sights were set farther away.“Instead of going to a Japanese university, I wanted to go to an American university,” says Okochi, who had a goal of becoming a translator. “I decided to go to Texas because it was one of the cheapest places to live, and also I wanted something more in …
Ted Tokio Tanaka: Meeting Architectural Challenges with a Global Vision
2013年8月9日 • メーヤ・マッカーサー
One of the first sights a visitor to Los Angeles will see are the giant glowing pillars arranged around the city’s international airport. Eleven glass columns approach the airport along Century Blvd, ascending in height from 25 to 100 feet to mimic an airplane lifting into the sky. Fifteen more 100-foot shimmering colored pillars encircle the airport—an “electronic Stonehenge” that hints at the glitz and glamour to be found within the city. With Project Gateway LAX, Japanese-born architect Ted Tokio …
Documentary Explores Being “Hafu” in Japan
2013年8月6日 • スーザン・ミヤギ・マコーミック
Daddy: Check the box that says “Caucasian.”Me: Really? I didn’t know because I’m not completely Caucasian. What about mom?Daddy: The child’s race is determined by the father’s side. That conversation between my father and me took place when I was around eight or nine years old. It was the first time I filled out official school paperwork on my own. It was also the first time I gave any thought to my race—both of …
4-Sei What? That’s Mixed Up
2013年7月19日 • ショーン・ハマモト
At home, I speak Japanese. At school, I speak English. And at times, I speak both. The two languages are thrown in a verbal potpourri few can understand. I am a bilingual, fourth generation Japanese-American. But English is my favorite subject. As you can probably tell, my English and Japanese are often まざってる.1 いつも、 same sentenceで I use both languages.2 Upon typing the previous two sentences, I realized how confusing this concoction can be. It’s easy to hear, but definitely …