Língua e cultura pop japonesa no Brasil: resultados de uma pesquisa de campo em São Luís (MA) e Fortaleza (CE)

Abstract

This  article  will  present  fieldwork  on  Japanese  language  and  culture  in  Brazil, achieved in São Luís (MA) and Fortaleza (CE). It was part of a research study called “Japanese language  as  the  networking  ties”  which  aimed  to  elucidate  the  role  of  Japanese  language  as  “ties”, emphasizing how the Japanese language can contribute to forming communities outside of Japan. The research focused on the people of the group called “nihongo-jin” who reported, in the interview, their contact with Japanese pop culture and how it led them to study Japanese language.