ABSTRACT

Among the tens of thousands of young Japanese Americans imprisoned in internment camps during World War II, teenager Stanley Hayami decided to chronicle his thoughts and experiences in a diary. Hayami’s diary provides both a fascinating glimpse into the everyday experiences of teenage internees and, as we argue, an opportunity to learn more about how the process of journaling can reveal the profound and complex challenges involved in re-constructing an identity disrupted by a heightened recognition of one’s marked, racialized body and the phenomenological displacement of the self in time and space. Integrating theoretical work in narrative, diaries, and multi-modal identity, we illustrate how Hayami used his diary to observe and narrate his self-identity during internment.

摘要

在二战期间被关押在拘留营的数万名年轻日裔美国人中，少年斯坦利·速水 (Stanley Hayami) 决定在日记中记录他的想法和经历。Hayami 的日记既提供了对青少年被拘禁者日常经历的迷人一瞥，也正如我们所说，提供了一个机会，可以更多地了解日记的过程如何揭示在重建被更高认可度破坏的身份时所涉及的深刻而复杂的挑战一个人的标记，种族化的身体和自我在时间和空间中的现象学位移。将叙事、日记和多模态身份的理论工作相结合，我们说明速水如何在拘留期间使用他的日记来观察和叙述他的自我认同。