Race for empire : Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans during World War II / T. Fujitani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fujitani, Takashi.

Series:

Asia Pacific modern ; 7.

Asia Pacific modern ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Korean.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Japan.

Nationalism--United States--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Nationalism--Japan--History--20th century.

Racism--United States--History--20th century.

Racism.

Racism--Japan--History--20th century.

Imperialism--Japan--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

Imperialism--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (514 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans during World War II

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Race for Empire offers a profound and challenging reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. In parallel case studies--of Japanese Americans mobilized to serve in the United States Army and of Koreans recruited or drafted into the Japanese military--T. Fujitani examines the U.S. and Japanese empires as they struggled to manage racialized populations while waging total war. Fujitani probes governmental policies and analyzes representations of these soldiers--on film, in literature, and in archival documents--to reveal how characteristics of racism, nationalism, capitalism, gender politics, and the family changed on both sides. He demonstrates that the United States and Japan became increasingly alike over the course of the war, perhaps most tellingly in their common attempts to disavow racism even as they reproduced it in new ways and forms"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTE ON ROMANIZATION AND NAMING

COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS

introduction. Ethnic and Colonial Soldiers and the Politics of Disavowal

PART ONE. FROM VULGAR TO POLITE RACISM

PART TWO. JAPANESE AS AMERICANS

PART THREE. KOREANS AS JAPANESE

EPILOGUE. "Four Volunteer Soldiers"

NOTES

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

"Philip E. Lilienthal book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613520593

9781280105265

1280105267

9780520950368

0520950364

OCLC:

759101284