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The Echoes of Trauma: An Oral Historical Study on the Impact of the World War II Mass Incarceration on the Health of Japanese Americans

The Echoes of Trauma: An Oral Historical Study on the Impact of the World War II Mass Incarceration on the Health of Japanese Americans

Jensen, Gwenn M.

Hardcover

Series: Nikkei in the Americas

Asian American StudiesWorld War II

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 1, 2026

ISBN10: 164642896X
ISBN13: 9781646428960
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: Oct 1 2026
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.03 Width: 5.99 Depth: 9.14
Language: English

In Echoes of Trauma, medical anthropologist Gwenn Jensen traces the longitudinal ramifications of racism, the chronic stress of imprisonment in concentration camps, and widespread healthcare inadequacies on the well-being of Japanese American Nisei during WWII and beyond.

Based on ninety oral history interviews conducted between 1995 and 2005, Jensen's work uncovers long-term health impacts on former incarcerees, relating personal stories of Japanese Americans with archival corroboration of their traumatic experiences of having been made prisoners in their own land. These memories illuminate the betrayal and lifelong consequences of imprisonment not only on physical and psychological health but also including intergenerational trauma passed on to subsequent generations. Echoes of Trauma details these short- and long-term health effects and records the stories of these Americans for posterity.

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