Japanese American resettlement through the lens : Hikaru Carl Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945 / Lane Ryo Hirabayashi ; with Kenichiro Shimada ; photographs by Hikaru Carl Iwasaki ; foreword by Norman Y. Mineta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo.

Contributor:

Shimada, Kenichiro.

Iwasaki, Hikaru, 1923-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. War Relocation Authority. Photography Section.

United States.

Iwasaki, Hikaru, 1923-.

Iwasaki, Hikaru.

Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.

Japanese Americans.

World War, 1939-1945--Photography.

World War, 1939-1945.

Photography.

Genre:

Bildband.

Physical Description:

xix, 221 pages : illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2009]

Contents:

List of figures

Foreword / Norman Y. Mineta

THe electronic circulation of WRA photos

Photographing Japanese American resettlement

The WRA's approach to Japanese American resettlement, 1943-1945

Policy and production of WRAPS photographs

Phase one: the WRA's photographic section, 1942

Phase Two: the WRA's Photographic section, 1943-1945

Hikaru Iwasaki's resettlement photos, 1943-1945

Hikaru Carl Iwasaki

Selection

WRA photographs

Assessment

Short-term impact of the WRAPS photographs -0-0 Analysis: the performative work of WRAPS photographs

Reflections

THe past as prologue

Reappropriation one: assertions of humanity, courage and perseverance in the WRA camps

Reappropriation two: resettlement challenges

Reappropriation three: recaptioning WRAPS photos

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary

References cited

About the authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index.

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Adult Nonfiction, Honor, 2009-2010

Other Format:

Online version: Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo. Japanese American resettlement through the lens.

ISBN:

9780870819285

0870819283

OCLC:

291908010