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Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Authors

Mary Young

Orginal Publication Date

1993

Journal Title

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Volume

16

Issue

ees/vol16/iss1

First Page

[51]

Last Page

62

Abstract

The negative, stereotypical depictions of the Japanese and Japanese Americans in American popular culture in the first half of the twentieth century were of great importance in the promulgation of the Asian Exclusion Act of 1924, the internment of Japanese Americans following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The American public had been adequately prepared to accept inaccurate representations of Japanese and Japanese Americans; therefore, there was little public outcry against these actions.

Rights

Copyright, ​©EES, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1993

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