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In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.

01 02 Postcolonialism and Science Fiction explores intersections and interactions between the genre of science fiction and the theory and practice of postcolonialism, concentrating primarily on contemporary science fiction from the 1950s to the present day. The book argues that several of the foundational myths of science fiction – the 'other', or the stranger, and the strange and foreign land – are shared at the heart of colonialism, and that postcolonial science fiction has developed unique and creative ways of overcoming and dispelling these myths. Using close readings and thematic studies, ranging from lively discussions of Japanese and Canadian science fiction to a thorough and incisive deconstruction of race and (post)colonialism in the online game World of Warcraft , Postcolonialism and Science Fiction is the first comprehensive study of the complex and developing relationship between the two areas. It will be of interest to fans, researchers, students and anyone else interested in science fiction, postcolonial studies, or both. 19 02 First full-length study to explore the relationship between postcolonialism and science fiction Lots of academic (and popular) interest in titles on science fiction Discusses wide range of sci-fi texts, including very recent titles Speaks to current and exciting debates within both science fiction and postcolonial studies Breadth of focus, both in terms of texts covered and geographical context 13 02 JESSICA LANGER received her PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2009. She has published widely on postcolonial theory and practice and science fiction literature, film, video games and other media; her work ranges across a variety of geographical contexts including Canada, Japan and India. She currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada. 31 02 Grounded in the latest scholarship and cultural production, this book explores intersections and interactions between the science fiction and the theory and practice of postcolonialism 02 02 Using close readings and thematic studies of contemporary science fiction and postcolonial theory, ranging from discussions of Japanese and Canadian science fiction to a deconstruction of race and (post)colonialism in World of Warcraft, This book is the first comprehensive study of the complex and developing relationship between the two areas. 04 02 Acknowledgements Introduction: Elephant-Shaped Holes A Question of History: Geographical/Historical Context Diaspora and Locality Race, Culture, Identity and Alien/Nation Hybridity, Nativism and Transgression Indigenous knowledge and Western science Conclusion: Filling Holes, Breaking Boundaries Bibliography Index 08 02 'Jessica Langer's crisp study performs timely and acute analyses of issues of racial identity, problems of diaspora and locality, the clash of indigenous and Western forms of knowledge, and the play of historical continuity and discontinuity at the conjuncture of science fiction, colonialism, and postcolonial studies. It should become a central reference in this growing field.' – Professor John Rieder, Department of English, UH M?noa, USA

\"After Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese, twelve-year-old Tomi and her Japanese-American family are split up and forced to leave their California home to live in internment camps in New Mexico and Colorado\"-- Provided by the publisher.

Nor are today's students likely to be aware that Aiiieeeee! was responsible for recuperating - and subsequently memorializing - a multitude of Japanese American, Chinese American, and Filipino American literary voices that had been neglected or actively rejected by the publishing industry. Aiiieeeee! birthed the concept of Asian American literature as a simultaneously political and literary category, one crucial to understanding the politicization of Asian Americans during the Civil Rights era, Third World movements, and struggles to establish ethnic studies departments and programs. To some extent, its volume has been dampened precisely in response to its call; in the editors' search for their own \"literary ancestors\" as Asian American writers - a term Shawn Wong has regularly used in his own description of the book's genealogy - they ended up becoming a match to strike the flame of a whole generation of new Asian American writers, a number of whom are represented in this special issue. In the immediate wake of Aiiieeeee! there also sprung up numerous other Asian American literary anthologies that have helped to showcase a broader range of voices, including Breaking Silence: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Poets (1983), The Best of Bamboo Ridge (1986), Blue Funnel Line: A special issue of Seattle Review (1988), The Forbidden Stitch (1989), The Big AIIIEEEEE!: An Anthology of Chinese American and Japanese American Literature (1991), American Dragons: Twenty-Five Asian American Voices (1993), The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America (1993), Growing Up Asian American: An Anthology (1993), Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian-American Fiction.

Set in 1953, Nora & Kettle explores the collision of two teenagers facing extraordinary adversity. Kettle, an orphaned Japanese American, is struggling to make a life in the aftermath of an event in history not often referred to--the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and the removal of children from orphanages for having \"one drop of Japanese blood in them.\" Nora, the daughter of a civil rights lawyer who is building a compensation case for the interned Japanese Americans, is barely surviving her violent home and dreams of a life outside of the brownstone walls. Their meeting is inevitable, devastating and ultimately healing.

The first American novel by a writer of Japanese ancestry,The American Diary of a Japanese Girlis a landmark of modern American fiction and Japanese American transnationalism. First published in 1902, Yone Noguchi's novel describes the turn-of-the-century adventures of Tokyo belle Miss Morning Glory in a first-person narrative that The New York Times called \"perfectly ingenuous and unconventional.\" Initially published as an authentic journal, the Diary was later revealed to be a playful autobiographical fiction written by a man. No less than her creator, Miss Morning Glory delights in disguises, unabashedly switching gender, class, and ethnic roles. Targeting the American fantasy ofMadame Butterfly,Noguchi's New Woman heroine prays for \"something more decent than a marriage offer,\" and freely dispenses her insights on Japanese culture and American lifestyles. With the addition of perceptive critical commentary and comprehensive notes, this first annotated edition sheds new light on the creative inventiveness of an important modernist writer.

Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.

This article uses the U.S. reception of Japanese animation, or anime, to explore the impact of cultural globalization within the United States in the 1970s and 1980s. It introduces historians to the medium of anime, describing the transpacific appeal of several representative texts from the period. Anime exhibited characteristics that made it both Japanese and global, yet it also reproduced Western racial and gender hierarchies, allowing it to cross borders easily. The second half of the article discusses the creation of local anime fan communities throughout the United States beginning in 1977. These communities socialized locally in fan clubs, connected nationally at conventions and through networks of science-fiction fans, and participated in the construction of transnational cultural identities. Examples of underground anime literature illustrate how fan's envisioned their local, national, and transnational communities. The article concludes with suggestions for rethinking U.S. cultural relations in the postwar era.

Near the start of World War II, young Manami, her parents, and Grandfather are evacuated from their home and sent to Manzanar, an ugly, dreary internment camp in the desert for Japanese-American citizens.