Maps of meaning and cultural contextualisation: Cultural studies from a critical perspective
Ethnic negotiations: Japanese Americans within the ethnic paradigm
'The others' in the American land: Japanese immigrants and their descendants through the lens of postcolonial studies
Acculturation theory and its premises
Evocation of the past as a mirror for the present: Japanese-American works of literature and their authors
Age in cultural contexts: Issei versus Nisei generation gap and family life
Ethnic/social status dichotomy: Physically Japanese, culturally American
Cultural distance: Split identities and ethnic schizophrenia. an outward culture perspective
Within and beyond assimilation: Collectivistic versus individualistic cultural value orientations. an inward culture perspective
Gender paradox: Male authority in a matriarchal society
Conclusion.