Representations of Internment: Meta-Narratives and Historical Shadows
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From Personal Memory to Historical Narrative: Oral History Interviews as Process and Document. Warren Nishimoto, University of Hawai'i, Manoa
My presentation involves the process of mining personal recollectionsto create historical documents. I will use interviews conducted with Japanese Americans from Hawaii who were incarcerated during World War II as case studies.
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To Bury or To Excavate? Reflections on the Wartime Internment of Germans in Hawai‘i. Alan Rosenfeld, University of Hawai'i, West O'ahu
This paper examines ethnic Germans’ memories of wartime internment in martial law Hawai`i, focusing on alternating cycles of repression, remembrance, and coming to terms with the past among a group of victims whose suffering has yet to be officially recognized.
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Complicit and Articulate Silences in Philip Kan Gotanda's Sisters Matsumoto. Amy Nishimura, University of Hawai'i, West O'ahu
Considering how Japanese American citizens were treated during and after internment, this paper will argue that Gotanda's portrayal of JA and prototypical American citizens highlights the problematic consciousness of America when a perceived “enemy” is constructed.
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