| Altered Lives, Enduring Community: Japanese Americans Remember Their World War II Incarceration Subjects: Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation 1941–1945; Japanese Americans -- Cultural assimilation; Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity; Japanese Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Japanese Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th cent; Altered Lives, Enduring Community examines the long-term effects on Japanese Americans of their World War II experiences: forced removal from their Pacific Coast homes, incarceration in desolate government camps, and ultimate resettlement. As part of Seattle's Densho: Japanese American Legacy Project, the authors collected interviews and survey data from Japanese Americans now living in King County, Washington, who were imprisoned during World War II. Their clear-eyed, often poignant account presents the contemporary, post-redress perspectives of former incarcerees on their experiences and the consequences for their life course. Stephen S. Fugita is distinguished professor of psychology and ethnic studies, Santa Clara University, and coauthor of Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community . Marilyn Fernandez is associate professor and chair of sociology, Santa Clara University. |