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Orientalismo mestizo: enclaves étnicos urbanos, turismo multicultural y entrelazamiento racial en Perú y Brasil

Yagui Takahashi, Henrique
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2246-8718
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721326302290663

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2024, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Spanish and Portuguese.
Barrio Chino de Lima (Lima's Chinatown) and Bairro "Oriental" da Liberdade (São Paulo's Japantown) represent orientalization and touristification experiences in Latin American metropolises. The Asiantowns’ urban development is the result of national urban policies targeting Asian populations in Lima and Sao Paulo called ethnic cleansing and ethnic touristification. The ethnic cleansing policy was carried out through the displacement of Asian residents, exemplified by the demolition of Callejón Otaiza in 1909 (Peru) and the evacuation of Rua Conde de Sarzedas in 1942 (Brazil). The ethnic touristification policy was implemented through the political alliance between Lima's and Sao Paulo's local politicians and the Asian economic elite from the 1970s onwards. The Orientalist tourification process in Peruvian and Brazilian Asiantowns was shaped by two primary waves of urban renovation: the first, marked by the inauguration of the Chinese and Japanese Gateways under the influence of developmental ideologies by Latin American military regimes in the 1970s; and the second, characterized by the intense architectural Orientalist renovation and gentrification driven by the neoliberal ideologies since 1990s on. Thus, the contemporary tourist experience in Lima's and Sao Paulo's Asiantowns is almost exclusively through the commodification of Asian culture. Using a mixed-method approach that combines urban ethnography, historical archive research, and social media analysis on digital platforms, I conduct a comparative and panoramic study of Orientalized ethnic enclaves in Lima and São Paulo from the 1880s to the 2020s. I integrate theoretical approaches from urban sociology and anthropology, comparative race and ethnic studies, media studies in Latin America, and tourism studies. My argument is that the historical transformation of Asian urban communities into tourist and gentrified Orientalist urban areas reflects a shift in the imaginaries about Asian populations in Latin American societies, transitioning from the "yellow peril" trope to the "model minority" myth. Furthermore, I analyze three conceptual modes of decoding the orientalist tourist experiences in the Asiantowns: 1) search for "authenticity," 2) tourist gaze, and 3) Orientalist fetichism.
Ana Del Sarto (Advisor)
Laura Podalsky (Committee Member)
Abril Trigo (Committee Member)
275 p.
Architecture; Asian American Studies; Comparative; Cultural Anthropology; Ethnic Studies; History; Latin American History; Latin American Studies; Mass Media; Minority and Ethnic Groups; Sociology; Urban Planning
ethnic urban enclave; Asian diaspora; orientalism; tourism; mestizaje; Lima; Sao Paulo; Chinatown; Japantown; memory; urban renovation; multiculturalism; cosmopolitanism

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  • Yagui Takahashi, H. (2024). Orientalismo mestizo: enclaves étnicos urbanos, turismo multicultural y entrelazamiento racial en Perú y Brasil [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721326302290663

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yagui Takahashi, Henrique. Orientalismo mestizo: enclaves étnicos urbanos, turismo multicultural y entrelazamiento racial en Perú y Brasil . 2024. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721326302290663.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yagui Takahashi, Henrique. "Orientalismo mestizo: enclaves étnicos urbanos, turismo multicultural y entrelazamiento racial en Perú y Brasil ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721326302290663

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