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Show me the way to go to home : the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans / Sandy Sugawara, Catiana Garcia-Kilroy [images & text] ; texts by Donna K. Nagata, Sandy Sugawara, and Christine Kitano; foreword by Karen Korematsu.

Sugawara, Sandy, (photographer,, author.). Garcia-Kilroy, Catiana, (photographer,, author.). Kitano, Christine, (writer of poem.). Shimoda, Brandon, (writer of poem.). Korematsu, Karen, (writer of essay.). Nagata, Donna, (writer of essay.).

Summary:

"Show Me the Way to Go to Home is an immersive, visual journey through the incarceration camps that held 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War 2. Photographers Sandy Sugawara and Catiana Garcia Kilroy tell the story of each camp through original and archival photographs, personal stories, and government documents. It's a frightening tale of a society that failed to protect its vulnerable. Each camp's story is printed on exquisite rice paper which is interwoven with dramatic landscapes. The design captures the multilayered feelings of anger, vulnerability, determination, cultural pride, and shared grief of those who lived in these camps. The book also contains an essay by Dr. Donna Nagata, Professor of Psychology at University of Michigan, who has conducted important research on the multigenerational consequences of the race-based incarceration of Japanese Americans. Today's fragile and disturbing climate of intolerance makes it all the more urgent that this period of our history not be forgotten." -- From publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 1955161127
ISBN: 9781955161121
ISBN: 9781955161176
ISBN: 1955161178
Physical Description: 333 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 30 cm.
Publisher: Santa Fe, NM : Radius Books, [2022]

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Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Box / Sandy Sugawara -- Poetry -- Gaman / Christine Kitano -- Gila River / Brandon Shimoda -- Incarceration Camps -- Amache -- Topaz -- Heart Mountain -- Rohwer -- Jerome -- Manzanar -- Tule Lake -- Minidoka -- Poston -- Gila River -- Incarceree Stories -- Texts -- Foreword / Karen Korematsu -- Remarks on Signing Bill H.R. 442 August 10, 1988 / Ronald Reagan -- Intergenerational Impact of the Japanese American Incarceration / Donna Nagata -- Afterword / Catiana Garcia-Kilroy -- Plate Listing -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements.