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A borrowed land / tinige'as Peter R. Onedera.
Penn Museum Library DU647 .O54 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Onedera, Peter R., 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japanese--Guam--Social conditions.
- Japanese.
- Chamorro (Micronesian people).
- Indigenous peoples--Guam--History.
- Indigenous peoples.
- World War, 1939-1945--Guam--History.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mangilao, Guam : University of Guam Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- A Borrowed Land tells the untold stories of Guam's Nikkei (people of Japanese descent) before, during, and after World War II. As the descendant of an issei, or first generation immigrant, Peter R. Onedera chronicles the Nikkei's experiences in Guam from their arrival to their assimilation into the island's life and culture, their hardship and resilience during the war, and the struggles they endured after. Onedera interweaves both historical and personal accounts to document how heritage and history shape personal and collective identity. The story also unveils the complexities of Onedera's own healing, as he explores his CHamoru Japanese heritage and reveals the discrimination he and other Nikkei experienced in postwar Guam.
- ISBN:
- 1961058022
- 9781961058026
- 1961058030
- 9781961058033
- OCLC:
- 1492566797
- Publisher Number:
- 90102585762
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