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Legacy of Injustice

Exploring the Cross-Generational Impact of the Japanese American Internment

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  1. Donna K. Nagata

    1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Social Justice (CISJ)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Historical Background

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    Pages 1-15

  3. The Consequences of Injustice

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    Pages 17-35

  4. Using a Cross-Generational Approach

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    Pages 37-51

  5. The Sansei Research Project

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    Pages 53-73

  6. Patterns of Communication

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    Pages 75-102

  7. Interest in and Knowledge of the Internment

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    Pages 103-114

  8. Ethnic Preference, Confidence in One’s Rights, and the Possibility of a Future Internment

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    Pages 115-135

  9. Perceptions of Personal and Family Impact

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    Pages 137-154

  10. Perceptions of Suffering and Coping

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    Pages 155-165

  11. Impact on Behaviors

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    Pages 167-184

  12. Redressing Injustice

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    Pages 185-205

  13. Overview and Implications of Findings

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    Pages 207-218

  14. Questions for the Future

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    Pages 219-221

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 223-277
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Donna K. Nagata

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Legacy of Injustice

  • Book Subtitle: Exploring the Cross-Generational Impact of the Japanese American Internment

  • Authors: Donna K. Nagata

  • Series Title: Critical Issues in Social Justice

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1118-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44425-8Published: 31 July 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-1120-9Published: 31 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1118-6Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1572-1906

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 278

  • Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Archaeology, Sociology, general

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