Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress (Asian America)
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: December 14, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780804745345
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Prisoners of war; Racism & racial discrimination; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - 20th Century; History / United States / 20th Century; Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans; Reparations; World War, 1939-1945
Description: "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."--Jacket.