Japanese American History with Dr. Sonia Gomez

Join us for a special talk on Japanese American History from Dr. Sonia Gomez of Santa Clara University. Dr. Gomez will be discussing her book, . An audience Q&A will follow; please bring your questions.

About the book: Picture Bride, War Bride retells the history of Japanese migration and exclusion by focusing on gender and sexuality, and in the process, troubles notions of inclusion and exclusion. While the Japanese were racially excluded between 1908 and 1952, Japanese wives and fiances were permitted entry because their inclusion served American interests in the Pacific. However, the logic that facilitated their inclusion circumscribed their lives in the United States.

About the author: Sonia Gomez, Phd, is an Assistant Professor of 20th-century United States history at Santa Clara University, interested in race and ethnic relations; gender, sexuality, and intimacy; and immigration, migration, and diaspora. Her maternal grandmother was a Japanese war bride and the source of inspiration for her first book.

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Host or Publisher Santa Clara City Library