Questioning No-No Boy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Epigraph vii
4. Contents ix
5. Introduction: Saying “No! No!” to the Community Narrative 1
6. A Note on the Texts 11
7. THE LIFE OF JOHN OKADA
8. “An Urgency to Write” 15
9. UNKNOWN WORKS BY JOHN OKADA
10. I Must Be Strong 119
11. When in Japan 121
12. What Can I Do? 142
13. Without Solace 149
14. Skipping Millions 158
15. The Silver Lunchbox 165
16. Here’s Proof! 179
17. The High Cost of Proposals and Presentations 198
18. The Technocrats of Industry 204
19. ESSAYS ON JOHN OKADA AND HIS WRITINGS
20. John Okada’s Rediscovered Writings 213
21. A Seed in a Devastated Landscape 237
22. Questioning No-No Boy 251
23. False Constructions of Loyalty 277
24. Contesting Japanese American Identity 284
25. Republishing and Teaching No-No Boy 295
26. Nightsong in Asian America 302
27. Afterword 305
28. Acknowledgments 307
29. Notes 309
30. Bibliography 345
31. List of Contributors 355
32. Index 357
33. The Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies 366