| Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress Contributor(s): Murray, Alice Yang (Author) |
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ISBN: 080474534X ISBN-13: 9780804745345 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2007 Annotation: This book analyzes how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the World War II internment of Japanese Americans during the last six decades. It compares attempts by government officials, internees, academics, and activists to control interpretations of internment causes and consequences in congressional hearings, court proceedings, scholarship, popular literature, ethnic community events, monuments, museums, films, and Web sites. Initial accounts celebrated internee loyalty, military patriotism, postwar assimilation, and "model minority" success. Later histories emphasized racist "concentration camps," protests inside the camps, and continued suffering within the community. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 2007001251 |
| Series: Asian America |
| Physical Information: 1.51" H x 6.41" W x 9.03" (2.09 lbs) 608 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and the passage of redress legislation in 1988. |