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At the age of 6, I discovered a jar of brightly colored shells under my grandmother's kitchen sink. When I inquired where they had come from, she did not answer. Instead, she told me in broken English, ""Ask your mother. "" My mother's response to the same question was, ""Oh, I made them in camp. "" ""Was it fun?"" I asked enthusiastically. ""Not really,"" she replied. Her answer puzzled me. The shells were beautiful, and camp, as far as I knew, was a fun place where children roasted marshmallows and sang songs around the fire. Yet my mother's reaction did not seem happy. I was perplexed by this brief exchange, but I also sensed I should not ask more questions. As time went by, ""camp"" remained a vague, cryptic reference to some time in the past, the past of my parents, their friends, my grand­ parents, and my relatives. We never directly discussed it. It was not until high school that I began to understand the significance of the word, that camp referred to a World War II American concentration camp, not a summer camp. Much later I learned that the silence surrounding discus­ sions about this traumatic period of my parents' lives was a phenomenon characteristic not only of my family but also of most other Japanese American families after the war.

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Author:   Donna K. Nagata
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9781489911209

ISBN 10:   1489911200
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   31 May 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Historical Background.- 2. The Consequences of Injustice.- 3. Using a Cross-Generational Approach.- 4. The Sansei Research Project: Description and Methodology.- 5. Patterns of Communication.- 6. Interest in and Knowledge of the Internment.- 7. Ethnic Preference, Confidence in One’s Rights, and the Possibility of a Future Internment.- 8. Perceptions of Personal and Family Impact.- 9. Perceptions of Suffering and Coping.- 10. Impact on Behaviors.- 11. Redressing Injustice.- 12. Overview and Implications of Findings.- 13. Questions for the Future.- Appendix A: Sansei Research Project Survey.- Appendix B: Sansei Research Project Interview Questions.- Appendix C: Summary of Results by Sansei and Parent Characteristics.- References.

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