Introduction -- Gendered criminalization -- The formation of Japanese Mexican communities in the Mexico/United States borderlands before World War II -- World War II and hemispheric defense impacting border communities -- Citizenship revoked and the realities of displacement during World War II -- The road to concentration camps : Villa Aldama and Batán -- Attempts to challenge or postpone displacement -- Temixco concentration camp -- A transnational family : life in Crystal City Camp -- Conclusion
Summary
"Uprooting Community examines the political cross-currents that resulted in detention of Japanese Mexicans during World War II. Selfa A. Chew reveals how the entire multiethnic social fabric of the borderlands was reconfigured by the absence of Japanese Mexicans"--Provided by publisher
