Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment

Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment
Title Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment PDF eBook
Author Thomas Girst
Publisher
Pages 244
Release 2011
Genre American literature
ISBN

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Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment

Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment
Title Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment PDF eBook
Author Thomas Girst
Publisher American Culture
Pages 0
Release 2015
Genre American literature
ISBN 9783631659373

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This study explores the cultural trajectory of Japanese American internment, both during and after World War II. It also provides the most exhaustive biographical outline of John Okada to date and refutes the assumption that his novel No-No Boy was all but shunned when first published. A close reading positions the book within world literature.

The Art of Gaman

The Art of Gaman
Title The Art of Gaman PDF eBook
Author Delphine Hirasuna
Publisher
Pages 128
Release 2005
Genre Art
ISBN 9781580086899

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"A photographic collection of arts and crafts made in the Japanese American internment camps during World War II, along with a historical overview of the camps"--Provided by publisher.

WE HEREBY REFUSE

WE HEREBY REFUSE
Title WE HEREBY REFUSE PDF eBook
Author Frank Abe
Publisher Chin Music Press
Pages 164
Release 2021-07-16
Genre Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN 1634050312

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Three voices. Three acts of defiance. One mass injustice. The story of camp as you’ve never seen it before. Japanese Americans complied when evicted from their homes in World War II -- but many refused to submit to imprisonment in American concentration camps without a fight. In this groundbreaking graphic novel, meet JIM AKUTSU, the inspiration for John Okada’s No-No Boy, who refuses to be drafted from the camp at Minidoka when classified as a non-citizen, an enemy alien; HIROSHI KASHIWAGI, who resists government pressure to sign a loyalty oath at Tule Lake, but yields to family pressure to renounce his U.S. citizenship; and MITSUYE ENDO, a reluctant recruit to a lawsuit contesting her imprisonment, who refuses a chance to leave the camp at Topaz so that her case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court. Based upon painstaking research, We Hereby Refuse presents an original vision of America’s past with disturbing links to the American present.

The Art of Gaman

The Art of Gaman
Title The Art of Gaman PDF eBook
Author Delphine Hirasuna
Publisher Ten Speed Press
Pages 251
Release 2013-11-19
Genre Art
ISBN 030780836X

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In 1942, Executive Order 9066 mandated the incarceration of 110,000 Japanese Americans, including men, women, children, the elderly, and the infirm, for the duration of the war. Allowed only what they could carry, they were given just a few days to settle their affairs and report to assembly centers. Businesses were lost, personal property was stolen or vandalized, and lives were shattered. The Japanese word gaman means "enduring what seems unbearable with dignity and grace. "Imprisoned in remote camps surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by soldiers with machine guns, the internees sought courage and solace in art. Using found materials at first and later what they could order by catalog, they whittled and carved, painted and etched, stitched and crocheted. What they created is a celebration of the nobility of the human spirit under adversity. THE ART OF GAMAN presents more than 150 examples of art created by internees, along with a history of the camps.Reviews". . . demonstrates the poignancy of the internment experience and the strength of the human spirit."-Alaska Airlines Magazine

Imaging Japanese America

Imaging Japanese America
Title Imaging Japanese America PDF eBook
Author Elena Tajima Creef
Publisher NYU Press
Pages 256
Release 2004
Genre Art
ISBN 0814716229

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Creef looks at racial profiling Asian Americans over the past 100 years by examining images by well known photographers such as Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams.

Chiura Obata's Topaz Moon

Chiura Obata's Topaz Moon
Title Chiura Obata's Topaz Moon PDF eBook
Author Chiura Obata
Publisher Heyday
Pages 174
Release 2000
Genre Art
ISBN

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Presents the artist's sketches, sumi paintings, and watercolors depicting the austerity, hardship, hope, and beauty he discovered in the internment camp, and includes a collection of his interviews and correspondence.