{"product_id":"the-literature-of-japanese-american-incarceration-isbn-9780143133285","title":"The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An indispensable, important anthology, edited with heart and sharp insight. This should be on the bookshelf of every American who loves the Constitution, and who is willing to fight to defend it.\"\u003ci\u003e —\u003c\/i\u003eRachel Maddow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An essential volume” —Hua Hsu, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.Preface by Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e THE LITERATURE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART I: BEFORE CAMP \u003cbr\u003e Introduction to Part I \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArrival and Community \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Henry (Yoshitaka) Kiyama, “Arrival in San Francisco” and “The Turlock Incident” \u003cbr\u003e 2. Ayako Ishigaki (as Haru Matsui), “Whither Immigrants”  \u003cbr\u003e 3. Toshio Mori, “Lil’ Yokohama” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArrest and Alien Internment \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Shelley Ayame Nishimura Ota, “Those Airplanes Outside Aren’t Ours” \u003cbr\u003e 5. Kamekichi Tokita, “1941 (Showa 16)”  \u003cbr\u003e 6. John Okada (as Anonymous), “I Must Be Strong” \u003cbr\u003e 7. Bunyu Fujimura, “Arrest”  \u003cbr\u003e 8. Fujiwo Tanisaki, “They Took Our Father Too”  \u003cbr\u003e 9. Otokichi Ozaki (as Muin Ozaki), “Fort Sill Internment Camp”  \u003cbr\u003e 10. Yasutaro Soga (as Keiho Soga), “Sand Island and Santa Fe Internment Camps”  \u003cbr\u003e 11. Iwao Matsushita, “I Can’t Bear to Be Stigmatized as ‘Potentially Dangerous’ ”  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCooperation and Refusal \u003c\/i\u003eEXECUTIVE ORDER  \u003cbr\u003e 12. James Omura, “Has the Gestapo Come to America?”  \u003cbr\u003e 13. Mike Masaoka, “Decision to Cooperate” 50 INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY  \u003cbr\u003e 14. Gordon K. Hirabayashi, “Why I Refuse to Register for Evacuation”  \u003cbr\u003e 15. Charles Kikuchi, “Kicked Out of Berkeley”  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: THE CAMPS \u003cbr\u003e Introduction to Part II  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFairgrounds and Racetracks \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16. Monica Sone, “Life in Camp Harmony”  \u003cbr\u003e 17. Mitsuye Yamada, “Curfew”  \u003cbr\u003e 18. Portland Senryū Poets, “Resolution and Readiness, Confusion and Doubt” \u003cbr\u003e 19. Yoshio Abe, “Lover’s Lane”  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeserts and Swamps \u003c\/i\u003eRECOMMENDATIONS TO MILTON EISENHOWER, DIRECTOR, WAR \u003cbr\u003eRELOCATION AUTHORITY  \u003cbr\u003e 20. Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey, “Fry Bread”  \u003cbr\u003e 21. Toyo Suyemoto, “Barracks Home”  \u003cbr\u003e 22. Authorship uncertain, “That Damned Fence”  \u003cbr\u003e 23. Kiyo Sato, “I Am a Prisoner in a Concentration Camp in My Own Country” \u003cbr\u003e 24. Masae Wada, “Gila Relocation Center Song”  \u003cbr\u003e 25. Cherry Tanaka, “The Unpleasantness of the Year” \u003cbr\u003e 26. Hiroshi Nakamura, “Alice Hasn’t Come Home” \u003cbr\u003e 27. Joe Kurihara, “The Martyrs of Camp Manzanar” \u003cbr\u003e 28. Iwao Kawakami, “The Paper” \u003cbr\u003e 29. Nao Akutsu, “Send Back the Father of These American Citizens” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRegistration and Segregation \u003c\/i\u003eSTATEMENT OF UNITED STATES CITIZEN OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY \u003cbr\u003e 30. Topaz Resident Committee, “We Respectfully Ask for Immediate Answers” \u003cbr\u003e 31. Kentaro Takatsui, “The Factual Causes and Reasons Why I Refused to Register” \u003cbr\u003e 32. Sada Murayama, “Loyalty” \u003cbr\u003e 33. Mitsuye Yamada, “Cincinnati”\u003cbr\u003e CONFIDENTIAL STATEMENT TO DILLON MYER, DIRECTOR, WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY \u003cbr\u003e 34. Kazuo Kawai (as Ryōji Hiei), “This Is Like Going to Prison” \u003cbr\u003e 35. Noboru Shirai, “The Army Takes Control” \u003cbr\u003e 36. Hyakuissei Okamoto, “Several brethren arrested after martial law was declared at Tule Lake in November 1943” \u003cbr\u003e 37. Violet Kazue de Cristoforo, “Brother’s Imprisonment” \u003cbr\u003e 38. Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye, “Hunger Strike” \u003cbr\u003e 39. Bunichi Kagawa\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGeta\u003c\/i\u003e” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVolunteers and the Draft \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 40. Minoru Masuda, “A Lonely and Personal Decision” \u003cbr\u003e 41. Tamotsu Shibutani, “The Activation of Company K” \u003cbr\u003e 42. Toshio Mori, “She Is My Mother, and I Am the Son Who Volunteered”\u003cbr\u003e 43. Jōji Nozawa, “Father of Volunteers” \u003cbr\u003e 44. Fuyo Tanagi and the Mothers Society of Minidoka, “Petition to President Roosevelt” \u003cbr\u003e 45. Yoshito Kuromiya, “Fair Play Committee” \u003cbr\u003e 46. Frank Emi and the Fair Play Committee, “We Hereby Refuse . . . In Order to Contest the Issue”  \u003cbr\u003e 47. Eddie Yanagisako and Kenroku Sumida, “Song of Cheyenne” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eResegregation and Renunciation \u003c\/i\u003eAN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR LOSS OF UNITED STATES NATIONALITY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. \u003cbr\u003e 48. Noboru Shirai, “\u003ci\u003eWa Shoi Wa Shoi\u003c\/i\u003e, the Emergence of the ‘Headband’ Group” \u003cbr\u003e 49. Motomu Akashi, “Badges of Honor” \u003cbr\u003e 50. Joe Kurihara, “Japs They Are, Citizens or Not” \u003cbr\u003e 51. Hiroshi Kashiwagi, “Starting from Loomis . . . Again” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: AFTER CAMP \u003cbr\u003e Introduction to Part III 223 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eResettlement and Reconnection \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 52. James Takeda (as Bean Takeda), “The Year Is 2045” \u003cbr\u003e 53. David Mura, “Internment Camp Psychology” \u003cbr\u003e 54. Shizue Iwatsuki, “Returning Home” \u003cbr\u003e 55. Toyo Suyemoto, “Topaz, Utah” \u003cbr\u003e 56. Janice Mirikitani, “We, the Dangerous” \u003cbr\u003e 57. Amy Uyematsu, “December 7 Always Brings Christmas Early” \u003cbr\u003e 58. Brian Komei Dempster, “Your Hands Guide Me Through Trains” \u003cbr\u003e 59. Christine Kitano, “1942: In Response to Executive Order 9066, My Father, Sixteen, Takes”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRedress \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 60. Shosuke Sasaki and the Seattle Evacuation Redress Committee, “An Appeal for Action to Obtain Redress for the World War II Evacuation and Imprisonment of Japanese Americans” 247 PERSONAL JUSTICE DENIED, PART 2: RECOMMENDATIONS \u003cbr\u003e 61. William Minoru Hohri, “The Complaint” \u003cbr\u003e 62. Jeanne Sakata, “\u003ci\u003eCoram Nobis \u003c\/i\u003ePress Conference” 260 LETTER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE \u003cbr\u003e 63. traci kato- iriyama, “No Redress” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRepeating History \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 64. Perry Miyake, “Evacuation, the Sequel” \u003cbr\u003e 65. Fred Korematsu, “Do We Really Need to Relearn the Lessons of Japanese American Internment?” \u003cbr\u003e 66. Brandon Shimoda, “We Have Been Here Before” \u003cbr\u003e 67. Brynn Saito, “Theses on the Philosophy of History” \u003cbr\u003e 68. Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, Ross Ishikawa, Matt Sasaki, “Never Again Is Now” 287 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSuggestions for Further Exploration \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbout the Authors \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCredits and Copyright Notices \u003c\/i\u003e\"An indispensable, important anthology, edited with heart and sharp insight. This should be on the bookshelf of every American who loves the Constitution, and who is willing to fight to defend it.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e —\u003c\/i\u003eRachel Maddow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An essential volume...Although there have been many books written on the history of incarceration, few have captured the kind of emotional detail that comes through in the largely first-person accounts collected by Abe and Cheung. Their selections paint a complicated picture, convening hopeful, patriotic idealists, righteous firebrands, and downtrodden cynics.” \u003cb\u003e—Hua Hsu, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Literature of Japanese American Incarceration\u003c\/i\u003e, will undoubtedly serve as a seminal text for generations of students learning about the United States government’s incarceration of 125,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.” \u003cb\u003e—Paul Constant, \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Here, we see why \u003ci\u003eThe Literature of Japanese American Incarceration\u003c\/i\u003e is so essential, because it serves as a flashpoint of resistance, and of righteous rage. It does that by recentering the story of the camps through the lens of \u003ci\u003estories\u003c\/i\u003e—testament and testimony, all these voices adding up to a narrative collage.” \u003cb\u003e—David L. Ulin, \u003ci\u003eAlta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eMeticulously compiled and edited in chronological order (…) The impressive breadth of this searing collection makes it suitable for high-school reading and research. \u003cb\u003e—Terry Hong, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eThis anthology is bound by the shared voice of the Japanese American community – however stratified – telling the story of historical oppression and both the collective and personal means of resistance.” \u003cb\u003e—Ana Tanaka, \u003ci\u003eInternational Examiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A look at a dark chapter in American history…this book is a Penguin Classic…these are meant to be read for generations.” \u003cb\u003e—Scott Tong, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\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. 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