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A Japanese Robinson Crusoe

A Japanese Robinson Crusoe

Oyabe, Jenichiro
Robinson, Greg
Yaguchi, Yujin

Paperback

Series: Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Stud, Book 1

Biographies GeneralJapanese History

ISBN10: 0824832477
ISBN13: 9780824832476
Publisher: Univ Of Hawaii Pr
Published: Jan 7 2009
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English

First published in 1898 and long out of print, A Japanese Robinson Crusoe by Jenichiro Oyabe (1867-1941) is a pioneering work of Asian American literature. It recounts Oyabe's early life in Japan, his journey west, and his education at two historically Black colleges, detailing in the process his gradual transformation from Meiji gentleman to self-proclaimed Japanese Yankee. Like a Victorian novelist, Oyabe spins a tale that mixes faith and exoticism, social analysis and humor. His story fuses classic American narratives of self-creation and the self-made man (and, in some cases, the tall tale) with themes of immigrant belonging and whiteness. Although he compares himself with the castaway Robinson Crusoe, Oyabe might best be described as a combination of Crusoe and his faithful servant Friday, the Christianized man of color who hungers to be enlightened by Western ways.

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