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    The Japanese american experience through literature: Joy Kogawa's Obasan and Mitsuye Yamada's Poetry

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    URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/1210
    ISSN: 1578-3820
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i7.160
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    Seguro Gómez, María Isabel
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    2006
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    The Japanese American community has been deeply marked by the internment experience as a result of the Second World War. This historical event demonstrated the fact that, despite the multicultural nature of U.S. and Canadian societies, notions of white supremacy were the ones that prevailed. Joy Kogawa and Mitsuye Yamada were two of the first voices that emerged breaking the silence of Canadian and American citizens of Japanese origin. They explore the ways in which the racist policies of their respective countries had affected not only their own lives, but also that of their ancestors and of the younger generations. La comunidad japonesa-americana se ha visto marcada por la experiencia del internamiento en campos de concentración a consecuencia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Este hecho histórico demostró que a pesar del carácter multicultural de las sociedades estadounidense y canadiense lo que prevalecía era la noción de la supremacía blanca. Joy Kogawa y Mitsuye Yamada fueron de las ...
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    Japanese American community
    Concentration camps
    World War II
    Multiculturalism
    United States
    Canada
    Joy Kogawa
    Mitsuye Yamada
    Silence
    Racism
    Comunidad japonesa-americana
    Campos de concentración
    Segunda Guerra Mundial
    Multiculturalismo
    Estados Unidos
    Canadá
    Silencio
    Racismo
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