Citizen 13660

by Mine Okubo

Overview

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 13660, Okubo's graphic memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, illuminates this experience with poignant illustrations and witty, candid text. Now available with a new introduction by Christine Hong and in a wide-format artist edition, this graphic novel can reach a new generation of readers and scholars.

Read more about Mine Okubo in Mine Okubo: Following Her Own Road, edited by Greg Robinson and Elena Tajima Creef. https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295987743/mine-okubo/

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780295959894
Publisher:	University of Washington Press
Publication date:	04/01/1983
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	920L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Miné Okubo(1912 - 2001) was born in California. From 1939 to 1942 she was employed as a Works Progress Administration artist. In 1944 she was hired by Fortune magazine and relocated to New York, where she continued to work as an artist, with solo and group exhibitions at museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Editorial Reviews

Miné Okubo’s work is a masterpiece in understatement and irony. . . [T]he book is a timely reminder of what racism can lead to in the United States. . . . Citizen 13660 is an invaluable contribution to the literature on discrimination against Japanese and other minorities and the continuing failures of the American legal system.

Pacific Northwest Quarterly - Michael Serizawa Brown

Originally published in 1946, Citizen 13660 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. . . . Without a doubt, this book should be on required reading lists for high schools across the country.

Foreword Reviews - Allyce Amidon

A remarkably objective and vivid and even humorous account. . . . In dramatic and detailed drawings and brief text, she documents the whole episode . . . all that she saw, objectively, yet with a warmth of understanding.

New York Times Book Review

"This forerunner to the modern graphic memoir is a must-read, both for the important - and shameful - period of American history it documents and its poignant beauty."

Chicago Tribune - Printers Row

"Heartbreaking, candid. . . . Okubo recounts her experience with poignancy and a surprising amount of humor."

Bustle - Charlotte Ahlin

"This graphic memoir has a unique place in the literature for its presentation of the experience through the eyes and hands of a great artist. Get a copy and study the drawings. It will come as a revelation for the many who have never seen it."

International Examiner - Chizu Omori

"Originally published in 1946, Citizen 13660 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. . . . Without a doubt, this book should be on required reading lists for high schools across the country."

Foreword Reviews

"This forerunner to the modern graphic memoir is a must read, both for the important - and shameful - period of American history it documents and its poignant beauty."

Chicago Tribune - Printers Row Journal

Originally published in 1946, Citizen 13660 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. . . . Without a doubt, this book should be on required reading lists for high schools across the country.

-- "Foreword Reviews"

This forerunner to the modern graphic memoir is a must read, both for the important - and shameful - period of American history it documents and its poignant beauty.

--Printers Row Journal "Chicago Tribune"

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