- Hardcover: 608 pages
- Publisher: Stanford University Press (Dec 13 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 080474534X
- ISBN-13: 978-0804745345
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16.3 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 930 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,985,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress is more than just a reflection on the various contours of memory can assume, It is also about strategic deployment of memory to achieve particular ends, in this case an offical apology and redress for the unjust internment of Japanese Americans during World War II ... Murray persuasively links the different perspective of ... various Japanese American organization to their different views on how best to negotiate a racial chasm that was only deepened by internment."—Andrea Geiger, Montana: Magazine of Western History
"By weaving the story of the JACL and other groups and individuals through nine chapters and six decades, Yang Murray illuminated the ever-changing historical reverberations of this singular event ... Yang Murray is to be commended for her willingness to reframe familiar and seemingly stable historical material."—Karen M. Inouye, American Historical Review.
"Historical Memories stands strong in simply demonstrating how Japanese-American perception of Japanese-American history has matured and unfolded over generation. The work warrants examination by those interested in memory studies and generational change."—John H.Barnhill, Canadian Journal of History
"In unique, insightful ways, Murray examines the much-studied exile and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the redress movement that followed...Murray has presented an accessible, nuanced, and provocative account that is valuable to both scholars and the broader public." —CHOICE
"This book presents a comprehensive and multidimensional analysis of the wartime internment of Japanese Americans and their long struggle to seek redress..." —Journal of American History
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This book analyzes how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the World War II internment of Japanese Americans during the last six decades. It compares attempts by government officials, internees, academics, and activists to control interpretations of internment causes and consequences in congressional hearings, court proceedings, scholarship, popular literature, ethnic community events, monuments, museums, films, and Web sites. Initial accounts celebrated internee loyalty, military patriotism, postwar assimilation, and "model minority" success. Later histories emphasized racist "concentration camps," protests inside the camps, and continued suffering within the community.
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An indispensable sourcebook on the intrenment, Jun 19 2010
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This review is from: Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress (Hardcover)
Given that the Japanese American internment and its echoes is a far more complex topic than might be imagined, or that has been recounted in the many excellent memoirs that exist, no book could be described as "definitive." For one thing, there are numerous histories to account for, numerous ways to contextulaize this moment for Japanese AMericans and for all Americans, and numerous potential perspectives to adopt. But Alice Yang Murray's excellent examination comes close to definitive, in historical terms. She particularly charts how the internment has functioned as a constructed memory, and how the mix of stakeholders negotiated the issues attending evacuation, incarceration, and redress. For any student of the internment, and particularly for academic researchers on public memory, Murray's book is an indispensable treasure trove of enlightenment.
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