No one asked: Testimonies of American women interned by the Japanese in World War II.

Title: No one asked: Testimonies of American women interned by the Japanese in World War II.
Identifier: AAI9946196
identifier: 9946196
Creator: Maurer, Audrey.
Contributor: Adviser: William P. Kelly
Date: 1999
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: American Studies | History, United States | Women's Studies | History, Asia, Australia and Oceania
Abstract: On the island of Luzon, in the Philippines, over two thousand American women were interned by the Japanese between December 1941 and February 1945, before being rescued by United States forces aided by Filipino guerrillas. These internees were military nurses, nuns, secretaries, wives, mothers, teenage daughters, schoolgirls, preschoolers, and infants, some born in captivity.;My research is based on my interviews with fifty of these women, most of whom had never before been interviewed on their wartime experience. The collected testimonies have been formed into a narrative and examined through the themes which delineate this survival experience, the imagery which shapes it, and the language in which it is told. The question "What enabled these women to survive?" is addressed through the impact of key factors upon their physical endurance and emotional resilience.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy Restricted.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.