FOLLOWING HER OWN ROAD: THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MINÉ OKUBO

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. PREFACE ix
4. FOLLOWING HER OWN ROAD: THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MINÉ OKUBO 1
5. I AN ARTISTIC AND LITERARY PORTFOLIO
6. A SELECTION OF DRAWINGS AND PAINT 11
7. 1 RIVERSIDE 35
8. 2 AN ARTIST’S CREDO: A PERSONAL STATEMENT 39
9. 3 AN EVACUEE’S HOPES—AND MEMORIES 40
10. 4 STATEMENT BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON WARTIME RELOCATION AND INTERNMENT OF CIVILIANS 46
11. 5 LETTERS FROM MINÉ OKUBO TO ISAMU NOGUCHI 50
12. 6 LETTERS FROM MINÉ OKUBO TO DR. ROY W. LEEPER 52
13. II SCHOLARLY ESSAYS
14. 7 GESTURES OF NONCOMPLIANCE: RESISTING, INVENTING, AND ENDURING IN CITIZEN 13660 67
15. 8 MINÉ OKUBO’S WAR: CITIZEN 13660’S ATTACK ON GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA 82
16. 9 TO KEEP A RECORD OF LIFE: MINÉ OKUBO’S AUTOGRAPHIC MANGA AND WARTIME HISTORY 99
17. 10 MINÉ OKUBO’S CITIZEN 13660 AND HER TREK ARTWORK: SPACE, MOVEMENT, IMAGE, TEXT, AND THEIR SITES OF PRODUCTION 111
18. 11 MINÉ OKUBO’S ILLUSTRATIONS FOR TREK MAGAZINE: SITES OF RESISTANCE 131
19. 12 PARADOXES OF CITIZENSHIP: RE-VIEWING THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT IN MINÉ OKUBO’S CITIZEN 13660 145
20. 13 BIRTH OF A CITIZEN: MINÉ OKUBO AND THE POLITICS OF SYMBOLISM 159
21. III REMINISCENCES AND TRIBUTES
22. 14 HOLDING CENTER: TANFORAN RACE TRACK, SPRING 1942 —FOR MINE OKUBO 179
23. 15 A REMEMBERING 180
24. 16 A TRIBUTE TO MINÉ OKUBO 181
25. 17 A MEMORY OF GENIUS 185
26. A PARTIAL CHRONOLOGY OF MINÉ OKUBO’S LIFE AND WORK 191
27. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 195
28. CONTRIBUTORS 199
29. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 203
30. INDEX 205