· Share. () This online collection of drawings by artist Miné Okubo () illustrates her life in the Tanforan assembly center in San Bruno, CA and the Topaz concentration camp in Utah during World War II. Okubo’s drawings served as the basis for her renowned book, Citizen , which was printed in and was the first personal account published on the camp experience. Originally published in , Citizen is a documentation of life inside the World War II “relocation centers” for those of Japanese ancestry. This oft-overlooked portion of American history is brought poignantly to life by Okubo’s expressive ink drawings and accompanying text. · Mine Okubo was one of over one hundred thousand people of Japanese descent - nearly two-thirds of whom were American citizens - who were forced into “protective custody” shortly after Pearl Harbor. Citizen , Okubo's graphic memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, illuminates this experience with poignant illustrations and witty, candid www.doorway.ru: University of Washington Press.
Citizen by Miné Okubo Posted on Reviews When I was in the seventh grade, I read Farewell to Manzanar and was told that it was the only book about the U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during World War 2. All Japanese people including Okubo was reduced to an number, Okubo was No. The story of Citizen showed the dehumanized side of the internment, realism of the experience and emotion/lack of emotion that people faced. The Tanforan internment was originally a horse racing field, therefore the camp is still under construction. Citizen , published in (immediately following the war) became a sensation immediately, as it provided readers with an inside look into life in Japanese internment camps (Nash). This book went on to win the American Book Award in and was republished several times, most recently in Okubo's art career did not end there, however.
Originally published in , Citizen is a documentation of life inside the World War II “relocation centers” for those of Japanese ancestry. This oft-overlooked portion of American history is brought poignantly to life by Okubo’s expressive ink drawings and accompanying text. Miné Okubo’s Citizen is a graphic memoir about the Japanese American author’s experience in Japanese internment camps during World War II. First published in , Citizen is told from Okubo’s first-person narrator experience, although the author draws herself in third-person in nearly every scene. An artist by trade and education, Okubo used her. Miné Okubo’s work Citizen has the unique distinction of being both one of the early American graphic novels and being a powerful first-hand testimony to the Japanese imprisonments during World War II in the United States.
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