Citizen 13660
About this book
"Mine Okubo was one of over one hundred thousand people of Japanese descent--nearly two-thirds of whom were American citizens--who were forced into 'protective custody' shortly after Pearl Harbor. Citizen 13660, Okubo's graphic memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, illuminates this experience with poignant illustrations and witty, candid text. Now available with a new introduction by Christine Hong and in a wide-format artist edition, this graphic novel can reach a new generation of readers and scholars. '[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.' 'A remarkably objective and vivid and even humorous account. In dramatic and detailed drawings and brief text, she documents the whole episode. all that she saw, objectively, yet with a warmth of understanding'"--New York times book review"--
Subjects
- 940.54/72730979469 b
- american personal narratives
- asian americans
- asian american studies
- bio022000 soc043000 his036140
- biography & autobiography
- biography & autobiography / women
- central utah relocation center
- central utah relocation center.
- comic books, strips
- concentration camps
- constitutional law
- d769.8.a6 o38 2014
- ethnic studies
- evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- evacuation and relocation of japanese americans (united states : 1942-1945) fast (ocolc)fst01801850
- evacuation of civilians
- forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
- history
- history / united states / state & local / west (ak, ca, co, hi, id, mt, nv, ut, wy)
- internment camps
- japanese-american relocation center (topaz, utah)
- japanese americans
- japanese americans, evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- japanese americans--evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- japanese, united states
- military history
- okubo, miné
- personal narratives, american
- social science
- social science / ethnic studies / asian american studies
- state & local
- tanforan assembly center (san bruno, calif.)
- west (ak, ca, co, hi, id, mt, nv, ut, wy)
- women
- world war, 1939-1945
- world war, 1939-1945, biography
- world war, 1939-1945--concentration camps
- world war, 1939-1945--concentration camps--utah
- world war (1939-1945) fast (ocolc)fst01180924
- world war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american
- world war, 1939-1945--personal narratives, american
- world war, 1939-1945, united states