1Cultural Aging and Generational Dislocation:A Gerontological Interpretation of "Seventeen Syllables" by Hisaye Yamamoto

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Thispaper examines the intersection of biological aging and cultural displacementwithin immigrant communities through Hisaye Yamamoto's "SeventeenSyllables" (1949). Employing theoretical frameworks from culturalgerontology, diaspora studies, and necropolitics, this analysis explores howYamamoto constructs aging as both biological inevitability and active culturalnegotiation. The study introduces the concept of "double silence"—thedual marginalization faced by immigrant elders through linguistic exclusion andgenerational estrangement—and proposes "fractured gerotranscendence"as a framework for understanding immigrant aging experiences. Through closetextual analysis integrated with sociohistorical data, this research revealshow Mrs. Hayashi's haiku composition functions as both neurobiologicalself-defense and cultural resistance against systemic oppression.</span>