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Camp Notes and Other Writings /

Mitsuye Yamada was born in Kyushu, Japan, and raised in Seattle, Washington, until the outbreak of World War II when her family was removed to a concentration camp in Idaho. Camp Notes and Other Writings recounts this experience. Yamada's poetry yields a terse blend of emotions and imagery. Her...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yamada, Mitsuye
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Mitsuye Yamada was born in Kyushu, Japan, and raised in Seattle, Washington, until the outbreak of World War II when her family was removed to a concentration camp in Idaho. Camp Notes and Other Writings recounts this experience. Yamada's poetry yields a terse blend of emotions and imagery. Her twist of words creates a twist of vision that make her poetry come alive. The weight of her cultural experience - the pain of being perceived as an outsider all of her life - permeates her work. Yamada's strength as a poet stems from the fact that she has managed to integrate both individual and collective aspects of her background, giving her poems a double impact. Her strong portrayal of individual and collective life experience stands out as a distinct thread in the fabric of contemporary literature by women. This writers poetry yields a terse blend of emotions & imagery. Her twist of words creates a twist of vision that make her poetry come alive. The weight of her cultural experience-the pain of being perceived as an outsider all of her life-permeates her work. Her strength as a poet stems from the fact that she has managed to integrate both individual & collective aspects of her background, giving her poems a double impact.
Notas:Originally published separately: Camp notes and other poems. San Lorenzo, Calif. : Shameless Hussy Press, 1976; and Desert run. Latham, NY : Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1988.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (110 pages).
ISBN:9780813526065