Latin American Studies N.16, 2008

Latin American Studies, N.16, 2008, published by the Association for Latin American Studies (Japan) is a special issue on Asian Latin-American Ethnicity: Guyana, Surinam, Brazil and Argentine. The issue is edited by Takashi Maeyama and includes the following contents:

I. Post-Colonialism and Cultural Anthropology

Post-Colonialism and Cultural Anthropology: With Special reference to the Caribbean Area Studies (Takashi Maeyama)

II. Ethnicity, Religion and Politics in Guyana
1. Linda's Agonies: Intermarriage, 'Racial Politics' and Gender in Contemporary Guyana (Yoshiko Shibata)
2. Political Culture of Racial Stereotypes in Guyana (Shigeto Yoshida)
3. Indian Lower Caste Culte Worship in Guyana: Their Fate in 1988 (Dennis W.M.Z. Bassier)
4. Creolization, Guyanization, and Chino-Guyanese Culture (Takashi Maeyama)

III. Javanese Ethnicity in Surinam
1. Living in a Vernacular Culture: The Javanese in Surinam (Teruo Sekimoto)

IV. Ethnicity and Religion of the Japanese in Brazil
1. The Process of "Yellowing" of Traditional Brazilian Religions of Possession: The Religious World of An Okinawan Woman (Koichi Mori)
2. "Pretos Velhos (Old Blacks) are our Salvation": Afro-Brazilian Religions and the Japanese in Brazil (Takashi Maeyama)
3. "Immaculate Children of God": The Original Sin and the Japanese Religions among Catholic Brazilians (Takashi Maeyama)

V. Economic Adaptation of the Japanese in Argentine
1. Economic Adaptation and Ethnic cooperation: The Rotating Savings and Credit Association of teh Japanese in Buenos Aires (Masahiro Tsujimoto)