Elaine Black Yoneda - Jewish Immigration, Labor Activism, and Japanese American Exclusion and Incarceration (Paperback)

During World War II, Elaine Black Yoneda, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, spent eight months in a concentration camp-not in Europe, but in California. She did this voluntarily and in solidarity, insisting on accompanying her husband, Karl, and their son, Tommy, when they were incarcerated at the Manzanar Relocation Center. Surprisingly, while in the camp, Elaine and Karl publicly supported the United States' decision to exclude Japanese Americans from the coast. Elaine Black Yoneda is the first critical biography of this pioneering feminist and activist. Rachel Schreiber deftly traces Yoneda's life as she became invested in radical politics and interracial and interethnic activism. In her work for the International Labor Defense of the Communist Party, Yoneda rose to the rank of vice president. After their incarceration, Elaine and Karl became active in the campaigns to designate Manzanar a federally recognized memorial site, for redress and reparations to Japanese Americans, and in opposition to nuclear weapons. Schreiber illuminates the ways Yoneda's work challenged dominant discourses and how she reconciled the contradictory political and social forces that shaped both her life and her family's. Highlighting the dangers of anti-immigrant and anti-Asian xenophobia, Elaine Black Yoneda recounts an extraordinary life.

General

Imprint:	Temple University Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Rachel Schreiber
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	221
ISBN-13:	978-1-4399-2156-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4399-2156-3
Barcode:	9781439921562

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