The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration / Karen M. Inouye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inouye, Karen M., 1964- author.

Series:

Asian America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Japanese Americans.

Political prisoners--Effect of imprisonment on--United States.

Political prisoners.

World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

Japanese Americans--Political activity--History.

Collective memory--United States.

Collective memory.

Internment camps.

Nazi concentration camps.

Political participation.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Reexamines the history of imprisonment of U.S. and Canadian citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. Karen M. Inouye explores how historical events can linger in individual and collective memory and then crystallize in powerful moments of political engagement. Drawing on interviews and untapped archival materials - regarding politicians Norman Mineta and Warren Furutani, sociologist Tamotsu Shibutani, and Canadian activist Mary Kitagawa, among others - Inouye considers the experiences of former wartime prisoners and their ongoing involvement in large-scale educational and legislative efforts. While many consider wartime incarceration an isolated historical moment, Inouye shows how internment and the suspension of rights have continued to impact political discourse and public policies in both the United States and Canada long after their supposed political and legal reversal. In particular, she attends to how activist groups can use the persistence of memory to engage empathetically with people across often profound cultural and political divides. This book addresses the mechanisms by which injustice can transform both its victims and its perpetrators, detailing the dangers of suspending rights during times of crisis as well as the opportunities for more empathetic agency"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : unearthing the past in the present

Knowledge production as recasting experience

Personal disclosure as a catalyst for empathetic agency

Canadian redress as ambivalent transnationality

Hakomite and the cultivation of empathy as activism

Retroactive diplomas and the value of education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index.

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Adult Nonfiction, Honor, 2017-2018

Other Format:

Online version: Inouye, Karen M., 1964- Long afterlife of Nikkei wartime incarceration.

ISBN:

9780804795746

0804795746

OCLC:

949986731