Uprooting community : Japanese Mexicans, World War II, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands

Uprooting community : Japanese Mexicans, World War II, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands /

"Uprooting Community examines the political cross-currents that resulted in detention of Japanese Mexicans during World War II. Selfa A. Chew reveals how the entire multiethnic social fabric of the borderlands was reconfigured by the absence of Japanese Mexicans"--Provided by publisher.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chew, Selfa A., 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Mexico.
Japanese > Mexico > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese > Mexico > Ethnic identity.
Japanese > Mexico > History > 20th century.
United States > Relations > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Mexico > Relations > United States > History > 20th century.
Mexican-American Border Region > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mexico > Race relations > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Gendered criminalization
  • The formation of Japanese Mexican communities in the Mexico/United States borderlands before World War II
  • World War II and hemispheric defense impacting border communities
  • Citizenship revoked and the realities of displacement during World War II
  • The road to concentration camps : Villa Aldama and Batán
  • Attempts to challenge or postpone displacement
  • Temixco concentration camp
  • A transnational family : life in Crystal City Camp
  • Conclusion.

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