Internment, Art, and Japanese-American Identity By Kenneth Plank
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Internment, Art, and Japanese-American IdentityBy Kenneth Plank
ThesisJapanese-American art and literature display a unique and complex sense of identity that was crucial for Japanese-Americans to cope with World War II internment—both as individuals, and as an ethnic and cultural group.
Research Questions
Immigration Generations The American Environment Internment Art Cultural concepts
Background
Issei
“First Generation” 1884 Initially skilled migrant
workers Faced discrimination “Ethnic solidarity” Shikataganai
Nisei
“Second Generation” US born Kakehashi JACL Speaking out
Internment
Community leaders taken in by FBI West Coast Japanese-Americans “voluntarily” arrive at detention centers Questionnaire “No-No Boys” Last camp closed in 1946
Artists
Citizen 13660 by Miné OkuboPicture from Discover Nikkei
The works of Chiura ObataTalking Through the Wire Fence Entrance to the Obata Dwelling in
Topaz
No-No Boy by John Okada
Conclusion
Further Reading
The View From Within: Japanese American art from the Internment Camps 1942-1945 edited by Karen M. Higa
The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps 1942-1946 by Delphine Hirasuna
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