Breaking the Silence: Lessons of Democracy and Social Justice from the World War II Honouliuli Internment and POW Camp in Hawaii (Social Process in Hawai'i Monographs): 45 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824847334 ISBN 13: 9780824847333

Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press, 2014

Synopsis

Breaking the Silence: Lessons of Democracy from the World War II Honouliuli Internment and POW Camp in Hawai’i is a collection of articles authored by University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu faculty from eight different academic disciplines and scholars and community partners from Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai’i, Densho, King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center, and the National Park Service. The research amassed from oral histories, archival collections, and field work examines the archaeological, historical, sociological, political, psychological, and cultural aspects and impacts of World War II confinement in Honouliuli. The physical remains of Honouliuli Internment and POW Camp still lie hidden deep within a gulch located just a few miles inland from the famed World War II site of Pearl Harbor. That is not all that is hidden. The stories, experiences, and lasting influence of the internment of American civilians and resident aliens of Japanese and Okinawan ancestry, local “suspect” Europeans categorized as “Germans” and “Italians,” as well as POWS of Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, Italian and Filipino origin remain largely unknown and untold. In this special issue of Social Process in Hawai’i we aim to uncover the facts of the Honouliuli internment and imprisonment experiences and the valuable lessons that can be learned, so that these harrowing injustices might never be repeated again.

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About the Author

Suzanne Falgout is a Professor of Anthropology at University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu, USA. Her research has focused on Micronesia, especially the island of Pohnpei, and has covered topics ranging from archaeology and oral traditions, indigenous epistemology, women, ethnohistory, and World War II from indigenous perspectives, to Micronesian diaspora to Hawai'i.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824847334
• ISBN 13: 9780824847333
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Falgout Suzanne, Nishigaya Linda