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Citizen 13660
Citizen 13660 | Miné Okubo
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Mine Okubo was one of 110,000 people of Japanese descent--nearly two-thirds of them American citizens -- who were rounded up into "protective custody" shortly after Pearl Harbor. Citizen 13660, her memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, was first published in 1946, then reissued by University of Washington Press in 1983 with a new Preface by the author. With 197 pen-and-ink illustrations, and poignantly written text, the book has been a perennial bestseller, and is used in college and university courses across the country. "[Mine Okubo] took her months of life in the concentration camp and made it the material for this amusing, heart-breaking book. . . . The moral is never expressed, but the wry pictures and the scanty words make the reader laugh -- and if he is an American too -- blush." -- Pearl Buck Read more about Mine Okubo in the 2008 UW Press book, Mine Okubo: Following Her Own Road, edited by Greg Robinson and Elena Tajima Creef. http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/ROBMIN.html
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BookInMyHands
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Published in 1946, this is a first-person account in both illustrations and words of life in the U.S. concentration camps for Japanese-Americans.

This was far less scathing than I expected, so I‘m glad I read the introduction by Christine Hong for more context. Coming out in ‘46 the illustrations countered the racist cartoons of the war years (Dr Seuss, et al) and helped people understand this could happen to any American.

#crossculturalstories

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overtheedge
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Example from 'Citizen 13660'.....each page features an illustration

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overtheedge
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Okubos recording of what she saw, heard and experienced while an evacuees to a Japanese American internment camp, 1940s. She wanted "to see what happens to people when reduced to one status and condition". Cameras were not permitted, so Okubos sketched, drew and painted what she saw. Each page has an illustration that gives much depth to this sad but inspiring novel.

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"In the history of the United States this was the first mass evacuation of its kind, in which civilians were moved simply because of their race."

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overtheedge
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Library Haul....

Nute Great selection of books. Happy reading!🙂 6y
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Victoriahoperose
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This book is excellent. It is so important for everyone to read. I loved the fact that this was done in a graphic novel. It is really not something that is talked about too much but we should pay attention to the way in which the Japanese were treated during World War II. It is so very important to understand this history and be aware. This book was great! Read it!!

BookishFeminist Also adding this to my post-election #overthis list- great rec, thank you!! 8y
Victoriahoperose @BookishFeminist this is a good one for all that's going on. It's important to remember the past in times like these. Hope you like it! 8y
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