A NARRATIVA SOBRE A IMIGRAÇÃO JAPONESA EM AUTOBIOGRAFIAS (1980-1988)

Abstract

From the middle 1980’s and more specifically because of 80 years of Japanese immigration, in 1988, it was emerged more significantly works written by Japanese immigrant and descendants who sought the nikkei memory construction. This period is significant because of achieve a nikkei literature. Thus, the goal of this paper is to analyze autobiographies written by immigrant and approach, especially, the world of work and emphasize sorrows experience on the coffee farms, the overcoming of problems through gambarê, the cooperative help of the Japanese community and the victory of these individuals in Brazil. To analyzes, we select three autobiographies: “Samurai da Paz: Saga de um Imigrante Japonês” (1982); “Toda uma vida no Brasil” (1984) e “Sob dois horizontes” (1988). Methodologically, we analyze the literatures in perspective of Pierre Bourdieu (2002), comprehending autobiographies as an official discourse and marked by economic and social sucess. As results, we suggest that authors intended cease their records to the future generations. They narrated their story and the immigration process chronologically, accentuating sufferings and difficulties.