LEADER 03778cam a2200397 a 4500001 27058 005 20240621143401.0 008 980206t19961996xxua 000 0 eng 035 27058 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 D769.8 .A6 |bM38 1996 100 1 Matsuishi, Beverly Ino. 245 10 Daughters of the American concentration camps : |ba developmental theory of identity formation amongst Japanese American women / |cby Beverly Ino Matsuishi. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c[1996] 264 4 |c©1996 300 262 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--Wright Institute, 1996. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-262). 520 This is a first time study of the psychological effects of the American forced migration and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. It examines the Nisei women's response to the identity challenge presented by the degradation and indoctrination of the concentration camps. Utilizing a culturally focused version of grounded theory which gives prominence to the women's Japanese socio-cultural heritage, this study examines over 2800 pages of archival interviews of 27 women between the ages of 19 and 37. The interviews were recorded between 1943-1945 by the Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study. The current study produces an identity theory which traced the developmental paths of valued, devalued and sacrificial daughters through identity challenges posed by (a) their families, (b) the Japanese American community and finally, (c) the concentration camps. Their developmental paths were influenced by the type of traditional family, the separation of the mother/daughter dyad, the prejudicial climate distorting the Japanese American community, the scapegoating within the camps and the formation of female fictive kinships. Contrary to the belief in the superiority of Americanization, it was the "Meiji Era" Japanese identity transmitted by some traditional families and strengthened by the identity challenges that produced insightful Japanese American women with integrated, capable identities. The survival of the Japanese part of the identity has been underestimated because it was not publicly expressed due to the oppressive Post War social climate and the condition for release from the camps which demanded adoption of Americanized identities. The women publicly complied with Americanization but privately they defiantly brought forward their ancient traditional Japanese values and customs. They modernized and integrated them with the American and gained sustenance and strength from their covert expression within the confines of the structural constraints imposed by the greater American society. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d1997. |e22 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Japanese American women |xPsychology. 650 0 Women internment camp inmates |zUnited States |xPsychology. 650 0 Women Nazi concentration camp inmates |zUnited States |xPsychology. 650 0 Japanese Americans |xForced removal and internment, 1942-1945. 650 0 Adjustment (Psychology) 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=739263641&sid=42&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |uhttp://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib27058/9637289.pdf |zHosted by USHMM. 852 0 |bstacks |hD769.8 .A6 |iM38 1996 852 |bwww 852 |bebook