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- Title
The Triumph and Tragedies of Japanese Women in America: A View Across Four Generations.
- Authors
Sakamoto, Taylor
- Abstract
The article relates the story of four-generations of Japanese-American women and how their attitude, Shigate ga nai which can be translated as "that which cannot be helped," allowed them to persevere through racial discrimination and immigration. It details how the increased demand for Japanese laborers resulted to anti-Japanese sentiment in the U.S. which in turn led to the passage of laws in the U.S. that restricted immigration. It describes the entry of the first generation of Japanese women in the U.S. as picture brides. Some of the laws that negatively impact the future of Japanese-Americans include the Alien Land law of 1913 in California.
- Subjects
UNITED States; JAPANESE American women; AMERICAN women; RACE discrimination; ALIEN Land Law of 1913 (California); EMIGRATION &; immigration; DISCRIMINATION (Sociology); ALIEN land laws
- Publication
History Teacher, 2007, Vol 41, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
0018-2745
- Publication type
Article