{"product_id":"the-literature-of-japanese-american-incarceration-paperback","title":"The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Abe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFloyd Cheung\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFrank Abe\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe collective voice of Japanese Americans defined by a specific moment in time: the four years of World War II during which the US government expelled resident aliens and its own citizens from their homes and imprisoned 125,000 of them in American concentration camps, based solely upon the race they shared with a wartime enemy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis anthology presents a new vision that recovers and reframes the literature produced by the people targeted by the actions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress to deny Americans of Japanese ancestry any individual hearings or other due process after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. From nearly seventy selections of fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, and letters emerges a shared story of the struggle to retain personal integrity in the face of increasing dehumanization - all anchored by the key government documents that incite the action. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe selections favor the pointed over the poignant, and the unknown over the familiar, with several new translations among previously unseen works that have been long overlooked on the shelf, buried in the archives, or languished unread in the Japanese language. The writings are presented chronologically so that readers can trace the continuum of events as the incarcerees experienced it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributors span incarcerees, their children born in or soon after the camps, and their descendants who reflect on the long-term consequences of mass incarceration for themselves and the nation. Many of the voices are those of protest. Some are those of accommodation. All are authentic. Together they form an epic narrative with a singular vision of America's past, one with disturbing resonances with the American present.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Abe\u003c\/b\u003e is co-author of the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eWe Hereby Refuse \u003c\/i\u003eand the American Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eJohn Okada: The Life \u0026amp; Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and creator of the award-winning PBS documentary, \u003ci\u003eConscience and the Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eFloyd Cheung\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Smith College. He has edited several books including the Penguin Classics edition of H.T. Tsiang's \u003ci\u003eThe Hanging on Union Square\u003c\/i\u003e, and is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJohn Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 5 x 7.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978582786349,"sku":"9780143133285","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Aei8L0T7Y9780143133285.webp?v=1775805978","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-literature-of-japanese-american-incarceration-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}