Japanese Immigration for the Amazonas in the Post-War on the perspective of food habits: (1953-1967)

Abstract

This research aims to reconstruct and reinterpret the history of Japanese immigration to the Amazon in the post-war period, through eating habits, focusing on the Bela Vista Colony and Efigênio de Salles Colony, the period that included the resumption of Japanese immigration (1953) until the establishment of the Manaus Free Trade Zone (1967). Oral history was used as method, conducting interviews as a means to collect information. As a theoretical basis, the precepts of Jacks Le Goff were adopted, which raises discussions on Memory and History, guiding elements of the investigation. The importance of the theme is linked to the fact that food for the human being is not just about satisfying hunger, but is loaded with symbologies that culminate in the identification of an ethnicity. In this sense, aspects related to the society and culture of Japanese immigrants in the Amazon were developed through eating habits.