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Book SynopsisAn in-depth analysis of photography during the Japanese American incarceration during World War II
Trade Review"Alinder's fifty-year perspective yields one of the most balanced and informative books on documentary photographs in general and the internment of Japanese Americans in particular. This is a gem of a book. Essential."--
Choice"Alinder handles her material skillfully, and in concise and readable style. Her judgments show an incisive mind, and one that resists oversimplification."--
American Journalism"An excellent history of the incarceration . . . this is valuable for anyone interested in Japanese-American history."--
Multicultural Review"A beautiful and worthwhile read." --
The Journal of American History"A smart and highly interpretive study."--
Nichi Bei Weekly"A powerful, incisive monograph on the varied strategies of photographers and subjects at a time of great upheaval and its aftermath."--
American Historical Review"Contributes significantly to making the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans a part of public memory. . . . A book that gracefully navigates the space between academic and public discourse."--
American Studies"A sophisticated and deeply historical book that illustrates the multiple roles photographs played in the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. In addition to detailing how U.S. authorities turned photography against Japanese Americans, the book wisely attends to how the internees and their descendants used the medium to tell competing stories of their incarceration, allegiances, and identities. It is a book sure to appeal to photohistorians, art historians, and scholars of Asian American history."--Martin A. Berger, author of
Sight Unseen: Whiteness and American Visual Culture "A dark stain on our country's history, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II brought about a wide range of responses, from quiet grief to angry protest. In
Moving Images Jasmine Alinder shows how photography was a key participant in this history and how pictures represented, managed, and confronted such a brutal and dehumanizing set of experiences. This is a very fine and timely book."--Anthony Lee, author of
A Shoemaker's Story: Being Chiefly about French Canadian Immigrants, Enterprising Photographers, Rascal Yankees, and Chinese Cobblers in a Nineteenth-Century Factory TownTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix
Foreword
Roger Daniels xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
1. When the Innocents Suffer: Dorothea Lange and the War Relocation Authority 23
2. The Landscape of Loyalty: Ansel Adams's
Born Free and Equal 44
3. The Right to Represent: Toyo Miyatake's Photographs of Manzanar 75
4. Art/History: Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in the Museum 103
5. Virtual Pilgrimage: The Contemporary Incarceration Photography of Patrick Nagatani and Masumi Hayashi 126
Epilogue 155
Notes 163
Bibliography 189
Index 201
