Sento at Sixth and Main: Preserving Landmarks of Japanese American Heritage - Couverture souple

Dubrow, Gail; Graves, Donna

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0295982454 ISBN 13 : 9780295982458

Editeur : University of Washington Press, 2002

Synopsis

The Hashidate-Yu, a Japanese-style public bathhouse, or sento, gave Japanese immigrants and their families a chance to relax and socialize at the corner of Sixth and South Main Streets in Seattle, the heart of the area known as Nihonmachi, or Japantown. There used to be hundreds of bathhouses in Japanese American communities across the United States, but the Hashidate-Yu, carefully preserved in recent years, is one of only two of these historic sento that have survived. The details found there are poignant reminders of daily life in Japanese America prior to internment during World War II. "Sento at Sixth and Main" combines in-depth research on historic places, personal memories, and striking vintage photographs to showcase once-familiar parts of Japanese American life - bathhouses, community halls, farms, lumber camps, temples, schools, hospitals, midwiferies, and bowling alleys. This exploration of a previously undocumented architectural heritage weaves the loose thread of Japanese American history back into the fabric of public memory. Focusing on ten places significant in Japanese American heritage - located in Seattle, Auburn, and Selleck in Washington and Sebastopol, San Jose, and Los Angeles in California - "Sento at Sixth and Main" also calls attention to the many landmarks awaiting further study and protection. Gail Dubrow is an associate professor in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Washington and director of the Preservation Planning and Design Program. She is co-editor of "Restoring Women's History through Historic Preservation". Donna Graves is a writer and cultural planner in Berkeley, California.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Quietly elegant, yet issuing a clarion call for intervention, Sento at Sixth and Main rediscovers early Japanese American culture and presents an indisputable case for the preservation of ten key landmarks in California and Washington. The authors recreate the Japanese American experience, intertwining rich oral histories from community members with current and historical photographs, plus personal snapshots, archaeological findings, newspaper clippings, and other wonderfully nontraditional sources.

So much of the Japanese American past was lost after the attack on Pearl Harbor; terrified families burned scrapbooks and personal possessions for fear they would be labeled as traitors. Sento at Sixth and Main is a graceful effort to find that past and to explain that, even now, it is still not too late to include these places as part of the American cultural landscape.

Biographie de l'auteur

Gail Dubrow is the winner of the 2004 Antoinette Forrester Downing Award from the Society of Architectural Historians. She is a professor in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Washington and lives in Seattle.

Donna Graves directed the Rosie the Riveter Memorial Project in Richmond, CA. She lives in Berkeley.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Washington Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0295982454
• ISBN 13: 9780295982458
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible