Okawa gail (9 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Pages clean, unmarked. Cover has light wear. Shipped promptly with tracking. 231.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 251 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 251 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 272 pages. cover worn & creased, When author Gail Okawa was in high school in Honolulu, a neighbor mentioned t hat her maternal grandfather had been imprisoned in a World War II concentration camp on the US mainland. Questioning her parents, she learned only that ?he c ame back a changed man.? Years later, as an adult salvaging that grandfather? ?s memorabilia, she found a mysterious photo of a group of Japanese men standing in front of an adobe building, compelling her eventually to embark on a project to learn what happened to him.Remembering Our Grandfathers? Exile is a composite chronicling of the Hawai?i Japanese immigrant experience in mainlan d exile and internment during World War II, from pre-war climate to arrest to ex ile to return. Told through the eyes of a granddaughter and researcher born duri ng the war, it is also a research narrative that reveals parallels between pre-W WII conditions and current twenty-first century anti-immigrant attitudes and hei ghtened racism. The book introduces Okawa?s grandfather, Reverend Tamasaku Wat anabe, a Protestant minister, and other Issei prisoners?all legal immigrants e xcluded by law from citizenship?in a collective biographical narrative that de picts their suffering, challenges, and survival as highly literate men faced wit h captivity in the little-known prison camps run by the U.S. Justice and War Dep artments.Okawa interweaves documents, personal and official, and internee s? firsthand accounts, letters, and poetry to create a narrative that not only conveys their experience but, equally important, exemplifies their literacy as ironic and deliberate acts of resistance to oppressive conditions. Her research revealed that the Hawai?i Issei/immigrants who had sons in military service we.…

Condizione: Brand New. Offers a chronicling of the Hawai'i Japanese immigrant experience in mainland exile and internment during World War II. Told through the eyes of a granddaughter and researcher born during the war, it is also a research narrative that reveals parallels between pre-WWII conditions and current twenty-first century anti-immigrant attitudes. 30 Aug 2020.…

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 251 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condizione: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.