Description
About the Author
Frank Chin is a playwright and novelist. He is the author of Donald Duk: A Novel and Gunga Din Highway.
Reviews
A monumental documentary. . . . Frank Chin is first and last a master story-teller. Some things cannot be cured by reparations or by apologies from the JACL, but, as Chin demonstrates, the stories can be told with passion and with art. * Western American Literature *
This book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on Asian American studies. Recommended. * CHOICE *
Frank Chin takes what would nornally be a cacophony of voices and carefully melds them into masterful stories. * Nichi Bei Times *
This is a valuable book. * International Examiner *
Although the main subject presented is wartime internment the interviews and documents provide insight into issues confronted by both first(Issei) and second(Nisei) generation Japanese Americans. * Anthropology Review Database *
On May 11, 2002, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) apologized to the 'resistors of conscience' who had refused induction while they and their families were confined in American-style concentration camps during World War II. Why? Bursting with passion, Born in the U.S.A. uses insiders' accounts of the resistors' lives to explain their cause and their persecution. This is an indispensable contribution to the literature on Asian America. -- Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, University of California, Los Angeles
Book Information
ISBN 9780742518520
Author Frank Chin
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 671g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 149mm * 29mm