Abstract
This paper presents issues related to kinship, gender roles, belonging, embodiments, beauty and tensions in the Japanese universe of Brazil, based on ethnographic research carried out with several multigenerational families, some of which are composed of Japanese descendants and others by Japanese descendants mixed with non-Japanese descendants, all of them living in the city of Marília, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It focuses on the female perspective and trajectories, since the opposition and tension surrounding kinship are more reflected more intensely on female bodies, especially those of “mestizo” women.
Migration; Family; Japanese descendants; Embodiment; Kinship