"Por nuestra cultura hablarán nuestros libros. Our books shall speak for our culture."
Silent Herons. By Selfa Chew. Toshiya Kamei, translator. Yasmeen Namazie, editor. ISBN 978-1888205442. $24.95.
On December 7, 1941, a Japanese suicide squadron attacked Pearl Harbor, marking the beginning of the Pacific War against Japan in all fronts. After this event, the U.S. and its military engaged in an unforgiving and furious campaign against Japan, which reached Mexico and hundreds of Mexican citizens. This offensive took place gradually and systematically in the Mexican Republic. Japanese immigrants—and their (Mexican) descendants in Mexico—suffered, as in the United States, the consequences of World War II in various ignominious ways: some families were sent to concentration camps in Mexico City and Guadalajara, while others were destroyed by the selective detention of hundreds of men in the Perote Prison, the forced sale of their property, and deportation. This book gives a partial account of the history and reprehensible treatment of the Japanese-Mexican community during World War II in Mexico.
Hispanic Poetry, Latino Latina Poetry, Chicano Latino Poetry, Mexican American Latino Poetry, Latin American Poetry, Latin American Latino Poetry, Hispanic literature, Latino literature, Best Seller, Mexican poetry in translation, Best Seller, Japanese-Mexicans treatment and internment during WWII, Latino collective biographies
