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An Alternative African American Image in Japan: Jero as the Cross‐Generational Bridge between Japan and the United States

2009; Wiley; Volume: 42; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1540-5931.2009.00693.x

1540-5931

Yuya Kiuchi,

Race, History, and American Society

The Journal of Popular CultureVolume 42, Issue 3 p. 515-529 An Alternative African American Image in Japan: Jero as the Cross-Generational Bridge between Japan and the United States YUYA KIUCHI, YUYA KIUCHI Michigan State University.Search for more papers by this author YUYA KIUCHI, YUYA KIUCHI Michigan State University.Search for more papers by this author First published: 01 June 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2009.00693.xCitations: 8Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Works Cited “Akimoto Shi & Uzaki Shi Sapoto de Beikokujin Enka Utamichi [American Enka Singer supported by Mr. Akimoto and Mr. Uzaki].”Sponichi Annex 1 Feb. 2008. 21 Sep. 2008 〈http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/special/jero/KFullNormal20080201077.html〉. “Amerika Jin no Enka Kashu [American Enka Singer].”RBB NAVi 1 Feb. 2008. 1 Oct. 2008 〈http://www.rbbtoday.com/news/20080201/48384.html〉. Condry, Ian. A History of Japanese Hip-Hop: Street Dance, Club Scene, Pop Market. Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA. Ed. Tony Mitchell. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP, 2001. 222–47. Cornyetz, Nina. Hip Hop and Racial Desire in Contemporary Japan. Blacks and Asians: Crossings, Conflict and Commonality. Ed. Hazen M. McFerson. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 485–512. “Daily Sports Online: Shijou Hatsu no Kokujin Enka Kashu Jero ga Debut [The First Black Enka Singer Jero's Debut].”Daily Sports 1 Feb. 2008. 1 Oct. 2008 〈http://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2008/02/01/0000821046.shtml〉. Du Bois, W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk. 1903. New York: Vintage Books, 1990. Honda, Souzou. America Kokujin no Rekishi [The History of American Blacks]. 1991. Iwanami: Tokyo, 2007. “Interview: Jero.”Monthly Uta no Techo: People's Music Magazine 178 (Aug. 2008): 12–16. “Jero: Hatsu no Kokujin Enka Kashu ga Kataru ‘Enka no Kokoro’ [Jero: The First Enka Singer Talks about the Heart of Enka].”Mainichi JP 14 Mar. 2008. Oct. 2008 〈http://mainichi.jp/enta/geinou/graph/200803/14_5/〉. “Jero San ra 14 Kumi Hatsushutsujou: Kohaku Utagassen no Kashu Happyo [14 Singers including Jero to Debut: Singer Selection Announcement].”Japan Press Network 26 Nov. 2008. 2 Jan. 2009 〈http://www.47news.jp/CN/200811/CN2008112501000667.html〉. “Jero Sobo to Yumebutai: Namida de ‘Umiyuki’ [Jero and His Grandmother on the Dream Stage: ‘Umiyuki’ in Tears].”Sankei Sports 1 Jan. 2009. 2 Jan. 2009 〈http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/090101/gnj0901010504013-n1.htm〉. “KF Interview: Jero.”Karaoke Fan 309 (Aug. 2008) 8–13. Koshiro, Yukiko. Beyond an Alliance of Color: The African American Impact on Modern Japan. Positions 11.1 (2003): 183–215. Kure,“Kohaku Shutsujo Naruka? Enka Kashu Jero ga Debut [Will He Make It to Kohaku? Enka Singer Jero's Debut].”G-Search Side B 5 Feb. 2008. 1 Oct. 2008 〈http://db.g-search.or.jp/sideb/column/20080207.html〉. McNulty, Tim. “Japan Embraces Pitt Grad's Music.”Pittsburgh Post Gazette 29 Feb. 2008: C3. Nakayama, Nariaki. Miyazaki Prefectural Branch of the Liberal Democratic Party Meeting. Miyazaki, Japan. 27 Sep. 2008. Ragano, Dmitri. “ The Next Page: Our Man in Japan—Jero.”Pittsburgh Post Gazette 5 May 2008: G6. Wood, Joe. The Yellow Negro. Blacks and Asians: Crossings, Conflict and Commodity. Ed. Hazen M. McFerson. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 463–84. Russell, John. Race and Reflexivity: The Black Other in Contemporary Japanese Mass Culture. Cultural Anthrolopology 6.1 (February 1991): 3–25. Sakurai, Manabu. “Jero: Covers mo Kouchou [Covers Also Sells Well].”Yomiuri Shimbun 14 Aug. 2008: 15. “Sekai wo Sukuu!? ENKA Singer [Will He Save the World!?: Enka Singer].”Mirai Houdou 2007, Nippon, Shin Hero Densetsu [Future Journalism 2007, Japan, Legend of New Heroes]. Nihon TV. NTV, Tokyo, Japan. 24 Dec. 2007. “Shijou Hatsu no Kokujin Enka Kashu Jero ga Debut!: Sono Kobushi wa Honmono da [The First Black Enka Singer Jero's Debut!: His Skills Are Authentic.”Nikkei Trendy 18 Feb. 2008. 1 Oct. 2008 〈http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20080218/1007191/〉. Yamashita, Sayoko Okada. Ethnigraphic Report of an African American Student in Japan. Blacks and Asians: Crossings, Conflict and Commonality. Ed. Hazen M. McFerson. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 443–53. Citing Literature Volume42, Issue3June 2009Pages 515-529 ReferencesRelatedInformation