Explorations in Ethnic Studies
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.
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