2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Works of Japanese American Writers During World War II
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12610507
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
英語・英米文学
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| Research Institution | Kyoritsu Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIRAISHI Taeko Kyoritsu Women's University, Faculty of International Studies, Professor, 国際文化学部, 教授 (80060705)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2002
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| Keywords | Japanese Americans / World War II / Internment / Japanese Canadians / Identity / Nisei |
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| Research Abstract |
The wartime internment of Japanese Americans is a very important theme in Japanese American Literature because it completely shattered the identities of Japanese Americans, particularly those of Nisei, But we should note that the texts Nisei writers produced during the World War II have not fully examined yet. The purpose of my research project is to collect those texts they wrote for the camp papers and the literary journals during the internment and analyze the Nisei responses to the tragic exile. I asked the Research Library to microfilm those camp publications and checked them with a microfilm reader bought by the grant. Given a chance to do research in the United States from April to September in 2002, I also could examine the wartime literary journals kept at the Hoover Institute and the Green Library of Stanford University. These surveys led me to understand the traumas of Japanese American writers caused by the forced removal from their homes and concentration camps scattered throughout the United States. Now I am writing a book based on these research results.
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