Japanese American Women during World War II
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11241275 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valerie J Matsumoto (corresponding author), Valerie Matsumoto |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-9009 • E-ISSN: 1536-0334 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3346082 |
| OpenAlex | W2330436559 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 3 |
Thirty years after her relocation camp internment, another Nisei woman, the artist Mine Okubo, observed, The impact of the evacuation is not on the material and the physical. It is something far deeper. It is the effect on the spirit.I Describing the lives of Japanese American women during World War II and assessing the effects of the camp experience on the spirit are complex tasks: factors such as age, generation, personality, and family background interweave and preclude simple generalizations. In these relocation camps Japanese American women faced severe racism and traumatic family strain, but the experience also fostered changes in their lives: more leisure for older women, equal pay with men for working women, disintegration of traditional patterns of arranged marriages, and, ultimately, new opportunities for travel, work, and education for the younger
Ancient history · Political science · World War II · Asian American and Pacific Histories · History · Law
Japanese American Relocation in World War II
Perseverance and Prejudice
Model Students, Model Citizens
Keeping the Culture of Death Alive
Social networks and community features
A Critique of Strangers from a different shore
Asian American Labor and historical interpretation
Homogamy and Intermarriage of Japanese and Japanese Americans With Whites Surrounding World War II
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2025 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |