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rencordings 's review for:
Nisei Daughter
by Monica Itoi Sone
this is a piece that, without a doubt, calls for rigorous unpacking of the historical and political context in which it takes place. i think everyone who reads this will recognize that you can't just discuss this text without bringing in issues of race, war, language, and gender. you can write essays on Nisei Daughter, and i'm certain it's been referenced many, many times in asian american research, so i'm just going to offer, in addition, my personal experience of reading this book -- it's wild. not in a sensational way but more like it's wild how Monica manages to write up this first-person account of before and during and after WW2, including her experience in camp, with so much lightness in her tone, and such a hopeful, human conclusion. i think that's the most important thing about this memoir: to realize it first and foremost as a personal account of a human who wants to put her humanity first before her politicized identity/ies. perhaps it's by holding on to this humanity in her that she's able to remain so very hopeful.