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Cartographies of Violence: Japanese Canadian Women, Memory, and the Subjects of the Internment

Cartographies of Violence: Japanese Canadian Women, Memory, and the Subjects of the Internment

Mona Oikawa
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In 1942, the federal government expelled more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians from their homes in British Columbia. From 1942 to 1949, they were dispossessed, sent to incarceration sites, and dispersed across Canada. Over 4,000 were deported to Japan. Cartographies of Violence analyses the effects of these processes for some Japanese Canadian women. Using critical race, feminist, anti-colonial, and cultural geographic theory, Mona Oikawa deconstructs prevalent images, stereotypes, and language used to describe the 'Internment' in ways that masks its inherent violence.Through interviews with women survivors and their daughters, Oikawa analyses recurring themes of racism and resistance, as well as the struggle to communicate what happened. Disturbing and provocative, Cartographies of Violence explores women's memories in order to map the effects of forced displacements, incarcerations, and the separations of family, friends, and communities.
Language
English
Pages
492
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Release
September 18, 2012
ISBN
0802099017
ISBN 13
9780802099013

Cartographies of Violence: Japanese Canadian Women, Memory, and the Subjects of the Internment

Mona Oikawa
4.5/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
In 1942, the federal government expelled more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians from their homes in British Columbia. From 1942 to 1949, they were dispossessed, sent to incarceration sites, and dispersed across Canada. Over 4,000 were deported to Japan. Cartographies of Violence analyses the effects of these processes for some Japanese Canadian women. Using critical race, feminist, anti-colonial, and cultural geographic theory, Mona Oikawa deconstructs prevalent images, stereotypes, and language used to describe the 'Internment' in ways that masks its inherent violence.Through interviews with women survivors and their daughters, Oikawa analyses recurring themes of racism and resistance, as well as the struggle to communicate what happened. Disturbing and provocative, Cartographies of Violence explores women's memories in order to map the effects of forced displacements, incarcerations, and the separations of family, friends, and communities.
Language
English
Pages
492
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Release
September 18, 2012
ISBN
0802099017
ISBN 13
9780802099013

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