That damned fence: the literature of the Japanese American prison camps

'That Damned Fence' paints a haunting and intimate portrait of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. Drawing on fiction, journalism, poetry and art produced by the internees themselves, the book explores how factors such as the camps' physical settings; the class, gend...

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Main Author: Hathaway, Heather ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2022]
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:'That Damned Fence' paints a haunting and intimate portrait of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. Drawing on fiction, journalism, poetry and art produced by the internees themselves, the book explores how factors such as the camps' physical settings; the class, gender and generational composition of their populations; and the attitudes of camp administrators toward the enterprise shaped the experiences of the detained. In so doing, it reveals the sorry and the humor, the despair and resilience with which Japanese Americans faced the injustice of their wartime incarcerations
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2022. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 268 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197628317
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190098315.001.0001

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