CULTURAL DIALOGISM AND THE OUTSIDER-WITHIN IN TAKASHIMA SHIZUE’S A CHILD IN PRISON CAMP Cover Image

CULTURAL DIALOGISM AND THE OUTSIDER-WITHIN IN TAKASHIMA SHIZUE’S A CHILD IN PRISON CAMP
CULTURAL DIALOGISM AND THE OUTSIDER-WITHIN IN TAKASHIMA SHIZUE’S A CHILD IN PRISON CAMP

Author(s): Oana-Meda Păloşanu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Issei; Nisei; Japanese Canadians; multicultural identity; racism; outsider-within; Wabi; Sabi.

Summary/Abstract: Cultural Dialogism and the Outsider-Within in Takashima Shizue’s A Child in Prison Camp. Takashima Shizue’s “A child in prison camp” is a statement of how identity is constructed and assumed in a multi-cultural, but prejudiced, environment. The article explores Shichan’s outsider-within perspective on the dialogue between two cultures during the episode of the internment of Japanese Canadians following the incident at Pearl Harbor.

  • Issue Year: 58/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 43-55
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English