Restless Wave My Life in Two Worlds

Name: Restless Wave My Life in Two Worlds
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ISBN: 9781558614642

ISBN-10: 1558614648

ISBN-13: 9781558614642

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ayako Tanaka Ishigaki, Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, Greg Robinson

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Winner of a 2006 special citation from the Association of Asian American Studies. With this critically acclaimed 1940 memoir, pioneering Japanese writer and activist Ayako Ishigaki made history. Restless Wave is the first book written in English by a Japanese woman, introducing Western readers to a largely unknown world; a unique voice; and a writer of great talent, integrity and courage. In exquisite prose, Ishigaki recalls coming of age in a privileged family and rebelling against strict codes of women's behavior. She also traces the political awakening that would force her to flee Japan for the United States and would eventually make her an internationally renowned activist for peace,…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English






Prologue


Early Memories


My Father


Home and Play


Second Mother


New Year's


On the Beach


"New Women"


End of Childhood





Entering Girls' High School


Home Training


The Narikin and the Rice Riot


1919


Elder Sister's Wedding





Jiyu Gakuen


Earthquake


Visiting Kobe-Shinkawa Slums


Hunting for a Job


The Intelligence Officer


Detention Cell


Coming to America





Nostalgia


New York City in Snow


Love with Anger


The Falling of New Sprouts


Whithering Immigrants


A Soldier's Notebook


Epilogue


Afterword