Beschrijving
Mire Koikari speaks about her contribution to the publication of "Japanese America on the Eve of the Pacific War: An Untold Story of the 1930s" after an introduction about the project with the volume's editors Eiichiro Azuma and Kay Ueda. https://www.hoover.org/events/crafting-japanese-immigrant-nationalism-1930s-hawaii
About the lecture:
Prior to World War II, Japanese immigrant nationalism flourished in the US territory of Hawai‘i. At the center of this little-known phenomenon were imon bukuro (comfort bags), gendered artifacts embodying sekisei (sincere hearts) of immigrant women who were eager to gift their labors of love to Japanese soldiers—those aboard the navy training vessels visiting Hawai‘i as well as those deployed in the battlefields in mainland China. Far from a localized phenomenon, this grassroots campaign was part of the larger tale of Japan’s empire-building in which island and homeland, gunboat and sewing needle, and territorial conquest and seaborne expansion all played crucial roles. Showcasing three archival gems in the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection of newspapers—Nippu Jiji, Hawaii Hochi, and Jitsugyo-no-Hawaii—the presentation explores how a seemingly innocuous story of women and handicraft presents a surprising opportunity to reconsider the intertwined history of Japan and Japanese America from a transpacific perspective.
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Keynote Lecture
Third International Workshop on Japanese Diaspora https://www.hoover.org/events/third-international-workshop-japanese-diaspora
September 10, 2024
Event sponsored by:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University https://www.hoover.org/library-archives
Japanese Association for Migration Studies https://imingakkai.jp/
Featured Speaker:
Mire Koikari, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Introduction Speakers:
Eiichiro Azuma, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History, University of Pennsylvania
Kay Ueda, Research Fellow and Curator of the Japanese Diaspora Collection, Hoover Institution.
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