Moving Images: Photography and the Japanese American Incarceration

by Jasmine Alinder

Book Overview

When the American government began impounding Japanese American citizens after Pearl Harbor, photography became a battleground. The control of the means of representation affected nearly every aspect of the incarceration, from the mug shots criminalizing Japanese Americans to the prohibition of cameras in the hands of inmates. The government hired photographers to make an extensive record of the forced removal and incarceration but forbade Japanese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252078098
• ISBN13: 9780252078095
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"