Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II

by Gary Y. Okihiro and Joan Myers

Book Overview

Presents memories and images of the American detention camps to which 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of them U. S. citizens, were sent during World War II.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295974982
• ISBN13: 9780295974989
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

a one-two combination

this text reflects a cohesive and layered reflection of the issues surrounding the japanese internment of world war II. gary okihiro's text reminds us of the stories we need to hear and the history we need to learn. he also gives us key insights into the japanese american experience. joan myers' pictures are technically superb and support the themes that infuse the text. both elements, pictures and text, reveal the emptiness and silences that remain in the echoes of the camps.

breathtaking

Joan Myers has used B/W photography to present the most compassionate history of Japanese American internment on the west coast of the United States. Her images are constructed with exceptional sensitivity. Her technique is flawless.