Impounded - Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment

Censored by the U.S. Army, Dorothea Lange's unseen photographs are the extraordinary photographic record of the Japanese American internment saga. This indelible work of visual and social history confirms Dorothea Lange's stature as one of the twentieth century's greatest American photographers. Presenting 119 images originally censored by the U.S. Army-the majority of which have never been published-Impounded evokes the horror of a community uprooted in the early 1940s and the stark reality of the internment camps. With poignancy and sage insight, nationally known historians Linda Gordon and Gary Okihiro illuminate the saga of Japanese American internment: from life before Executive Order 9066 to the abrupt roundups and the marginal existence in the bleak, sandswept camps. In the tradition of Roman Vishniac's A Vanished World, Impounded, with the immediacy of its photographs, tells the story of the thousands of lives unalterably shattered by racial hatred brought on by the passions of war. A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2006.

About the author

Winner of two Bancroft Prizes for best book in American history, Linda Gordon is the author of The Second Coming of the KKK and a biography of photographer Dorothea Lange. She lives in New York and Madison, Wisconsin.Gary Y. Okihiro is the author of Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II and Common Ground: Reimagining American History. He is a professor at Columbia University and lives in New York City.

Summary

"Unflinchingly illustrates the reality of life during this extraordinary moment in American history."—Dinitia Smith, The New York Times

Product details

• Authors: Dorothea Lange
• Assisted by: Linda Gordon (Editor), Gary Y. Okihiro (Editor)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9780393330908
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33090-8
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 573 g
• Illustrations: 104 black-and-white photographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Japan, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, Second World War, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Prisoners of War, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Photographic reportage, Photojournalism and documentary photography, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General