Table of Contents -- Preface: The Japanese Brazilians as Immigrant Celebrities -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Ethnicity and the Anthropologist: Negotiating Identities in the Field -- Part 1. Minority Status -- 1. When Minorities Migrate: The Japanese Brazilians as Positive Minorities in Brazil and Their Return Migration to Japan -- 2. From Positive to Negative Minority: Ethnic Prejudice and "Discrimination'' Toward the Japanese Brazilians in Japan -- Part 2. Identity -- 3. Migration and Deterritorialized Nationalism: The Ethnic Encounter with the Japanese and the Development of a Minority Counteridentity -- 4. Transnational Communities Without a Consciousness? Transnational Connections, National Identities, and the Nation-State -- Part 3. Adaptation -- 5. The Performance of Brazilian Counteridentities: Ethnic Resistance and the Japanese Nation-State -- 6. "Assimilation Blues'': Problems Among Assimilation-Oriented Japanese Brazilians -- Conclusion: Ethnic Encounters in the Global Ecumene -- Epilogue: Caste or Assimilation? The Future Minority Status and Ethnic Adaptation of the Japanese Brazilians in Japan -- References -- Index.