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
ISSN: 1578-3820
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i7.160
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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