Lost and Found – Reclaiming the Japanese American Incarceration Ishizuka Tchen

Lost and FoundReclaiming the Japanese American Incarceration\nAuthor(s): Karen L. Ishizuka, John Kuo Wei Tchen, Roger Daniels\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252073724, 978-0252073724\nSynopsis\nFor decades, a fog of governmental cover-ups, euphemisms, and societal silence kept the victims the mass incarceration of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II from understanding their experiences. The Japanese American National Museum mounted a critically acclaimed exhibition with the twin goals of educating the general public and encouraging former inmates to come to grips with and tell their own history.\n\nCombining heartfelt stories with first-rate scholarship,Lost and Foundreveals the complexities of a people reclaiming the past. Author/curator Karen L. Ishizuka, a third-generation Japanese American, deftly blends official history with community memory to frame the historical mome.