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Water thicker than blood : a memoir of a post-internment childhood / George Uba.
Van Pelt Library PS3621.B3 Z46 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Uba, George Russell, author.
- Series:
- Asian American history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Uba, George Russell--Childhood and youth.
- Uba, George Russell.
- Japanese American children--Biography.
- Japanese American children.
- Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Psychological aspects.
- Japanese Americans.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 210 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "Utilizing narrative prose, impressionistic poetry, and retellings of Japanese myth and legend, George Uba's memoir examines post-internment life and generational trauma among Nisei and Sansei across the United States"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I DISLOCATIONS, RELOCATIONS
- 1. Camp Town, Race Track
- 2. Women with Bright Ideas
- 3. In Honor of German Cookies
- pt. II FITTING IN NICELY
- 4. The Indians of Rollo Street
- 5. Nobody Boy
- 6. Foreigners Made in America
- 7. Water Thicker Than Blood
- 8. Weirdo
- 9. Ignis Sum
- 10. Ministries of Surveillance, a Comic Interlude
- 11. Buddhaheads at Holiday Bowl
- pt. III TRAUMA
- 12. Shotgun Marriage
- 13. "Good Evening, Friends, from Coast to Coast"
- 14. Night before Noon
- 15. A Boy Scout of Japanese America, Part I
- -A Minor Drowning Incident
- 16. A Boy Scout of Japanese America, Part II
- -Valor
- 17. A Glimmer of Light
- pt. IV LIKE CHILDREN BICKERING
- 18. Words at War
- 19. Harold and Laura Carew
- 20. Rotten
- pt. V DEPTH PERCEPTIONS
- 21. Powers of the Fourth Estate
- 22. Wunnerful Life
- 23. In Transit
- 24. Rites of Refusal
- 25. Yogore Nation
- 26. A Mayonnaise Sandwich
- 27. Higher Gravities
- pt. VI REQUIEM FOR YESTERDAY
- 28. Gone Heart Mountain
- 29. Magic Mirrors, Fables for Childhood
- 30. Egg and Rose.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Uba, George Russell. Water thicker than blood.
- ISBN:
- 9781439922576
- 1439922578
- 9781439922583
- 1439922586
- OCLC:
- 1285874013
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