Uprooting community : Japanese Mexicans, World War II, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands /

Uprooting Community examines the political cross-currents that resulted in detention of Japanese Mexicans during World War II. Selfa A. Chew reveals how the entire multiethnic social fabric of the borderlands was reconfigured by the absence of Japanese Mexicans.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chew, Selfa A., 1962- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Japanese > Mexico > History > 20th century. Japanese > Mexico > Ethnic identity. Japanese > Mexico > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Mexico. Mexico > Race relations > History > 20th century. Mexican-American Border Region > Race relations > History > 20th century. Mexico > Relations > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Relations > Mexico > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Gendered criminalization
The formation of Japanese Mexican communities in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands before World War II
World War II and hemispheric defense on border communities
Citizenship revoked and the realities of displacement during World War II
The road to concentration camps : Villa Aldama and Batán
Attempts to challenge or postpone displacement
Temixco concentration camp
A transnational family : life in Crystal City Camp
Conclusion.