Experiences of Japanese American women during and after World War II : living in internment camps and rebuilding life afterwards / Precious Yamaguchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamaguchi, Precious, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Japanese Americans.

World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans.

World War, 1939-1945.

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

Japanese Americans--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Experiences of Japanese American Women during and after World War II </span><span>examines the experiences of Japanese American women who were in internment camps during World War II and after. Precious Yamaguchi follows these women after they were released and shows how they tried to rebuild their lives after losing everything. </span></span>

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of figures

Los Angeles, 1937 : from cantaloupe sunrises to the cantaloupe farms

The significance of silence

As a child, I did not know I was Japanese' as an adult, people do not know I'm American

Examining the crevices in-between identities

From issei to Gosei : ethnography and autoethnography of generations

Growing up during World War II : evacuation, internment, and labor

Pathways to memories and dancing forward

After the internment camps : strength, support, and friendships

Japanese Americans and Japanese Peruvians as hostages

Rebuilding the American dream

Saying goodbye and keeping the stories alive

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-0863-4

0-7391-9243-4

OCLC:

899158531