Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality, and Identity
New Haven, CT: Doubleday, 1996. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 272, [1] p. Interweaving his own experience with that of other Japanese Americans, award-winning poet David Mura reveals how being a "model minority" has resulted in a loss of heritage and wholeness for Japanese Americans. Mura explores America's racial and sexual taboos, the consequences of assimilation, and raising children in a world that refuses to honor racial diversity. Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Sticker residue on front of DJ.
Keywords: Racism, Discrimination, Civil Rights, Equality, Segregation, Internment Camp, Assimilation, Interracial Marriage, Sexuality, Promiscuity, Pornography, Diversity
ISBN: 9780385471831
[Book #58352]
Price: $45.00