Race in Conflict With Heritage: “Black” Heritage Language Speaker of Japanese
Race in Conflict With Heritage: “Black” Heritage Language Speaker of Japanese
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与传统冲突的种族：说日语的“黑人”传统语言
DOI：
10.1080/19313152.2013.825561
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发表时间：
2014
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通讯作者：
Y. Kumagai
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作者：
N. Doerr;Y. Kumagai
传统语言使用者是一个相对较新的术语，指在使用该语言的家庭中长大的少数民族语言使用者，或者与少数民族语言有家庭、祖先或种族联系的人。在对传统语言使用者的研究中，经常假设这两个定义之间存在重叠，也就是说，很少有关于传统语言使用者所感知的种族与通常与种族相关的语言不匹配的情况的研究。本文以唱日语歌曲、说一口流利日语的“非裔美国”男歌手杰罗(Jero)在日本的接受情况为中心来分析这样的案例。尽管他的祖母是日本人，因此他有“四分之一的日本人”，但他却被日本媒体描述为“黑人（国人）歌手”，并因他能用日语唱歌和说日语而备受关注。通过分析 YouTube 剪辑中有关杰罗电视露面的评论，作者敦促研究人员意识到种族认知的影响，这种影响可能会压倒甚至挑战一个人与传统语言的联系。作者呼吁针对这种情况开发一种理论方法和教学方法。
Heritage language speaker is a relatively new term to denote minority language speakers who grew up in a household where the language was used or those who have a family, ancestral, or racial connection to the minority language. In research on heritage language speakers, overlap between these 2 definitions is often assumed—that is, there has been little research on the situation in which a heritage language speaker’s perceived race does not match the language often associated with the race. This article analyzes such a case by focusing on the reception in Japan of Jero, an “African American” male singer who sings Japanese songs and speaks fluent Japanese. Although his grandmother was Japanese and, thus, he is “a quarter Japanese,” he has been described as a “Black (kokujin) singer” in the Japanese media, and received much attention about his ability to sing in and speak Japanese. By analyzing the comments left on YouTube clips regarding Jero’s TV appearances, the authors urge researchers to be aware of the effects of perceived race that may overwhelm, even challenge, one’s association with the heritage language. The authors call for developing a theoretical approach, as well as pedagogies, for such situations.