Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake

by Diane C Fujino and Diane C. Fujino

Book Overview

A dual biography of unruly activism that spans national and racial boundaries

Demanding liberation, advocating for the oppressed, and organizing for justice, siblings Mitsuye Yamada (1923-) and Michael Yasutake (1920-2001) rebelled against respectability and assimilation, charting their own paths for what it means to be Nisei. Raised in Seattle and then forcibly removed and detained in the Minidoka concentration camp, their early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295748265
• ISBN13: 9780295748269
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher