John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies)

ISBN 10: 0295743522 / ISBN 13: 9780295743523

Edité par University of Washington Press, 2018

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• Titre: John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies)
• Éditeur: University of Washington Press
• Date de parution: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0295743522
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780295743523
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

No-No Boy, John Okada’s only published novel, centers on a Japanese American who refuses to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World War II and, upon release from federal prison after the war, is cast out by his divided community. In 1957, the novel faced a similar rejection until it was rediscovered and reissued in 1976 to become a celebrated classic of American literature. As a result of Okada’s untimely death at age forty-seven, the author’s life and other works have remained obscure. This compelling collection offers the first full-length examination of Okada’s development as an artist, placing recently discovered writing by Okada alongside essays that reassess his lasting legacy. Meticulously researched biographical details, insight from friends and relatives, and a trove of intimate photographs illuminate Okada’s early life in Seattle, military service, and careers as a public librarian and a technical writer in the aerospace industry. This volume is an essential companion to No-No Boy.

À propos des auteurs

Frank Abe is lead author of the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration (Chin Music Press, 2021) and co-editor of The Literature of the Japanese American Incarceration (Penguin, 2024) and John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy (UW Press, 2018)

Greg Robinson is professor of history at the Université du Québec À Montréal and the author of several books, including The Unknown Great: Stories of Japanese Americans at the Margins of History (UW Press, 2023), The Unsung Great: Stories of Extraordinary Japanese Americans (UW Press, 2020), After Camp: Portraits in Midcentury Japanese American Life and Politics (UC Press, 2012), and The Great Unknown: Japanese American Sketches (UP Colorado, 2016). He also co-edited (with Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung) John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy (UW Press, 2018).

Floyd Cheung is a professor of English language & literature and American studies at Smith College. He has edited and co-edited several books, including Holy Prayers in a Horse's Ear (Rutgers University Press, 2008) and Recovered Legacies: Authority and Identity in Early Asian American Literature (Temple University Press, 2005), and his essays have been published in The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature, Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies 2, and the Journal of American Culture.