Experiences of Japanese American Women during and after World War II
Living in Internment Camps and Rebuilding Life Afterwards
By (author) Precious Vida Yamaguchi
Publication date:
23 December 2014Length of book:
114 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksDimensions:
234x157mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780739192429
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.