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Aug 19, 2023
Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless
A Japanese American Diaspora in the Pacific
Summary
This episode features a conversation with Dr. Michael R. Jin regarding his recently published book Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless: The Japanese American Diaspora in the Pacific. Published in November 2021 by Stanford University Press, the book weaves together Jin’s specializations in migration and diaspora studies, Asian American history, critical race and ethnic studies, and the history of the American West to examine the “highly mobile transpacific diaspora” of roughly 50,000 Nisei, or second-generation Japanese Americans, moving between the Japanese empire and the American West. The book traverses these deeply intertwined histories of Asian exclusion, colonialism in Asia, and volatile geopolitical changes regarding citizenship and migration in the Asia-Pacific during the twentieth century.
Pulling from transnational and bilingual research in the United States and Japan, Jin’s contributions in Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless push the spatial boundaries of Asian American studies by illustrating how Japanese Americans defined and redefined their relationships with both the United States and Japan. Our conversation focuses on the long-overlooked stories of the Japanese American diaspora and how their movement across the Pacific impacted their experiences with immigration law, perceived loyalty, and attempts for redress.
Donna Doan Anderson (she/her) is a PhD candidate in History and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Donna Doan Anderson (she/her) is a PhD candidate in History and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
