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- Author: Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann
- Publisher: Dundurn Press
- ISBN-10: 1459755049
- ISBN-13: 9781459755048
- Format: 14 x 21.2 x 2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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When the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide.
Does the past define who we are, who we become?
This hybrid memoir and fourth-generation narrative revisits how Japanese Canadians were raised with conflicting ideals between two worlds. Steeped in history and cultural arts, it celebrates places and traditions.
In April 1942, Suzanne's mother was torn from her home in Victoria, B.C. Arriving at Vancouver's Hastings Park, the eight-month-old baby and her family bunked in horse stalls for months before being removed to an incarceration camp in the Slocan Valley. After the Second World War, forced resettlement scattered families across Canada leading to high intermarriage rates and erosion of Japanese ethnicity. Loss of heritage language impeded the sharing of stories, and contributed to strained generational relationships, and conflict between eastern and western values.
But Japanese Canadians forged ahead determined to rebuild their lives making many cultural and historical contributions to the Toronto landscape -- a triumph over adversity.
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- Author: Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann
- Publisher: Dundurn Press
- ISBN-10: 1459755049
- ISBN-13: 9781459755048
- Format: 14 x 21.2 x 2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
When the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide.
Does the past define who we are, who we become?
This hybrid memoir and fourth-generation narrative revisits how Japanese Canadians were raised with conflicting ideals between two worlds. Steeped in history and cultural arts, it celebrates places and traditions.
In April 1942, Suzanne's mother was torn from her home in Victoria, B.C. Arriving at Vancouver's Hastings Park, the eight-month-old baby and her family bunked in horse stalls for months before being removed to an incarceration camp in the Slocan Valley. After the Second World War, forced resettlement scattered families across Canada leading to high intermarriage rates and erosion of Japanese ethnicity. Loss of heritage language impeded the sharing of stories, and contributed to strained generational relationships, and conflict between eastern and western values.
But Japanese Canadians forged ahead determined to rebuild their lives making many cultural and historical contributions to the Toronto landscape -- a triumph over adversity.
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