{"product_id":"legacy-of-injustice-exploring-the-cross-generational-impact-of-the-japanese-american-internment-9781489911209","title":"Legacy of Injustice: Exploring the Cross-Generational Impact of the Japanese American Internment","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Donna K. Nagata\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 6, I discovered a jar of brightly colored shells under my grandmother's kitchen sink. When I inquired where they had come from, she did not answer. Instead, she told me in broken English, \"Ask your mother. \" My mother's response to the same question was, \"Oh, I made them in camp. \" \"Was it fun?\" I asked enthusiastically. \"Not really,\" she replied. Her answer puzzled me. The shells were beautiful, and camp, as far as I knew, was a fun place where children roasted marshmallows and sang songs around the fire. Yet my mother's reaction did not seem happy. I was perplexed by this brief exchange, but I also sensed I should not ask more questions. As time went by, \"camp\" remained a vague, cryptic reference to some time in the past, the past of my parents, their friends, my grand- parents, and my relatives. We never directly discussed it. It was not until high school that I began to understand the significance of the word, that camp referred to a World War II American concentration camp, not a summer camp. Much later I learned that the silence surrounding discus- sions about this traumatic period of my parents' lives was a phenomenon characteristic not only of my family but also of most other Japanese American families after the war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45282398470295,"sku":"9781489911209","price":7345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781489911209.webp?v=1769302032","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/legacy-of-injustice-exploring-the-cross-generational-impact-of-the-japanese-american-internment-9781489911209","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}