An Absent Presence: Japanese Americans in Postwar American Culture, 1945–1960 [Paperback]

Caroline Chung Simpson (Author), Caroline Chungsimpson (Author), Simpson (Author)

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Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Duke University Press (January 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0822327465
ISBN-13: 978-0822327462
Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 399 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,270,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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While Harth's discussion of the postwar years deals mostly with the silence of those incarcerated, Simpson takes a somewhat different tack, arguing that the mass media's presentation of the internment, as published during the immediate postwar years, effaced the racial discrimination and displacement suffered by Japanese Americans. It also set the stage for the Cold War excesses of McCarthyism and for attempts, in the 1950s, to reinforce traditional middle-class gender roles and ameliorate other racial tensions. In five essays, Simpson backs up her arguments by examining specific situations, such as the Tokyo Rose treason case. In all cases, she shows how the internment experience is either ignored or given a positive spin by Caucasian writers, creating the "absent presence" of the internment. Simpson's thesis is unique, and she considers a time period that has not been widely discussed in books about the Japanese American experience. Unfortunately, the dry, academic writing won't appeal to most general readers. Also, because the book is based only on published accounts, it does not take into consideration the vast variety of experience among Japanese Americans. For larger academic and public libraries. Katharine L. Kan, Allen Cty. P.L., Fort Wayne, IN
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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"This impressive and well-written book presents important new historical and cultural material in an understudied period within Asian American studies."--David Eng, author of "Racial Castration: Managing Masculinity in Asian America"

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