Experiences of Japanese American Women during and after World War II

Living in Internment Camps and Rebuilding Life Afterwards

Precious Vida Yamaguchi

Experiences of Japanese American Women during and after World War II: Living in Internment Camps and Rebuilding Life Afterwards examines the experiences of Japanese American women who were in internment camps during World War II and after. Precious Yamaguchi follows these women after they were released and shows how they tried to rebuild their lives after losing everything. Using evidence from primary sources as well as over seven years of interviews with sixteen women, Yamaguchi provides a feminist, intergenerational, and historical study of how unequal the justice system has been to this group of people and how it has affected their quality of life, sense of identity, and relationship with future generations.

Lexington Books

Pages: 116 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-0-7391-9242-9 • Hardback • December 2014 • $113.00 • (£87.00)

978-1-4985-0863-6 • Paperback • April 2016 • $54.99 • (£42.00)

978-0-7391-9243-6 • eBook • December 2014 • $52.00 • (£40.00)

Subjects: History / Asia / Japan, History / Military / World War II, History / United States / 20th Century, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies

Experiences of Japanese American Women during and after World War II

Living in Internment Camps and Rebuilding Life Afterwards

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Experiences of Japanese American Women during and after World War II: Living in Internment Camps and Rebuilding Life Afterwards examines the experiences of Japanese American women who were in internment camps during World War II and after. Precious Yamaguchi follows these women after they were released and shows how they tried to rebuild their lives after losing everything. Using evidence from primary sources as well as over seven years of interviews with sixteen women, Yamaguchi provides a feminist, intergenerational, and historical study of how unequal the justice system has been to this group of people and how it has affected their quality of life, sense of identity, and relationship with future generations.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 116 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-0-7391-9242-9 • Hardback • December 2014 • $113.00 • (£87.00)

978-1-4985-0863-6 • Paperback • April 2016 • $54.99 • (£42.00)

978-0-7391-9243-6 • eBook • December 2014 • $52.00 • (£40.00)

Subjects: History / Asia / Japan, History / Military / World War II, History / United States / 20th Century, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies

Author

Precious Yamaguchi is assistant professor of communication studies at Southern Oregon University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Los Angeles, 1937: From Cantaloupe Sunrises to the Cantaloupe Farms
Chapter 2: The Significance of Silence
Chapter 3: As a Child, I Did Not Know I Was Japanese…As an Adult, People Do Not
Know I’m American
Chapter 4: Examining the Crevices In-Between Identities
Chapter 5: From Issei to Gosei: Ethnography and Autoethnography of Generations
Chapter 6: Growing Up During World War II: Evacuation, Internment, and Labor
Chapter 7: Pathways to Memories and Dancing Forward
Chapter 8: After the Internment Camps: Strength, Support, and Friendships
Chapter 9: Japanese Americans and Japanese Peruvians as Hostages
Chapter 10: Rebuilding the American Dream
Chapter 11: Saying Goodbye and Keeping the Stories Alive