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Cartographies of Violence: Japanese Canadian Women, Memory, and the Subjects of the Internment
Mona Oikawa
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Description for Cartographies of Violence: Japanese Canadian Women, Memory, and the Subjects of the Internment
Paperback. Disturbing and provocative, Cartographies of Violence explores Japanese-Canadian women's memories in order to map the effects of forced displacements, incarcerations, and the separations of family, friends, and communities. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802096012
SKU
V9780802096012
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About Mona Oikawa
Mona Oikawa is an associate professor in the Department of Equity Studies at York University.
Reviews for Cartographies of Violence: Japanese Canadian Women, Memory, and the Subjects of the Internment
‘This is an important and serious contribution to the scholarship on a topic of vital significance. Cartographies of Violence demands attention, provokes reflection, and is sure to generate response.’
Jordan Stanger-Ross
BC Studies April 2013
‘Cartographies of Violence demands attention, provokes reflection, and is sure to generate response.’
Jordan Stanger-Ross
BC Studies number 182: summer ... Read more
Jordan Stanger-Ross
BC Studies April 2013
‘Cartographies of Violence demands attention, provokes reflection, and is sure to generate response.’
Jordan Stanger-Ross
BC Studies number 182: summer ... Read more