1st Edition
Race, Nation, War Japanese American Forced Removal, Public Policy and National Security
By Ayanna Yonemura
Copyright 2019
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
128 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines international post-9/11 policies by connecting them to the US violations of Japanese Americans’ human rights during World War II. Analysing the policies of the United States, Race, Nation, War illustrates how ideas of race and masculinity shaped the indefinite leave policy which the government used to move Japanese Americans out of camps during the war. With attention to... Read more
1. Introduction; 2. Overview of World War II policies targeting Japanese Americans; 3. Dillion Myer goes to war: masculinity and the War Relocation Authority; 4. Forced migration "the American Way": race and the War Relocation Authority; 5. Epilogue: racism and nationalism in the twenty-first century
Biography
Ayanna Yonemura is Visiting Faculty Fellow, Women of Color/Non-Binary People of Color Scholars Inclusion Project, and Lecturer, Asian American Studies Department, at the University of California Davis, USA. Her research looks at race, public policy, and urban planning from a feminist perspective.
