Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment : On John Okada’s «No-No Boy» Hardback
by Thomas Girst
Part of the American Culture series
Hardback
Description
How can art, how can prose and poetry originate in spite of the restraints of manipulation, propaganda, and censorship?
This study explores such issues by focusing on the cultural trajectory of Japanese American internment, both during and after World War II.
Previously unknown documents as well as interviews with friends and family reveal new aspects of John Okada’s (1923–1971) life and writing, providing a comprehensive biographical outline of the author.
The book refutes the assumption that Okada’s novel No-No Boy was all but shunned when first published in 1957.
A close reading as well as a comparative study involving Italo Calvino’s (1923–1985) Six Memos for the Next Millennium (1985) position Okada’s only book as world literature.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:261 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:22/04/2015
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- ISBN:9783631659373
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:261 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:22/04/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9783631659373