BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration

BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration

Edited by Michael Emmerich and Erkki Huhtamo

Published on the occasion of Masaki Fujihata’s exhibition BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, co-presented by the Yanai Initiative and the Japanese American National Museum from May 7, 2022–January 8, 2023, this volume contains a variety of contributions each of which engages, in its own way, with the history of the incarceration and its representation in photographs and exhibitions; with BeHere / 1942 itself; and with the career of the artist Masaki Fujihata. Contributors include Emily Anderson, Anne-Marie Duguet, Michael Emmerich, Masaki Fujihata, Clement Hanami, Erkki Huhtamo, Brian Niiya and Karen Umemoto, and Karen Tei Yamashita.