제2차 세계대전 중 일본인 강제수용에 대한 연구 : 배일운동과 일본인 동화과정을 중심으로 = (A) study on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War Ⅱ : focused on the anti-Japanese movement and the assimilation of Japanese in American society

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

After slavery and the slaughter of the Indians, one of the most shameful acts in America history was the forcible removal of Japanese during World War Ⅱ. In February 1942, just two months after Pearl harbor, President Roosevelt issued Execute Order 9066, which removed Japanese Americans from their homes and excluding them into concentration camps in order to "enhance security of the nation during the war time."
Roosevelt's order affected 119,000 people of Japanese descent. All Japanese Americans, whether citizens or aliens, rich or poor, young or old, were stripped of their rights and freedom, and forced into concentration camps in remote and deserted locales. After the war, the relocation camps were slowly evacuated, and Japanese Americans were able to return to their homes, but many chose to go elsewhere.
Following the introducing part, the second chapter examined the anti-Japanese sentiment prevailed over American society. Japanese, like other Asians, were blamed as evil, an inferior and uncivilized people whose physical features and their customs and habits, and traditions made them easily identifiable targets. Such emotional tones of racial prejudice and hostility led white Americans to forge an unfavorable stereotype against Japanese. Japanese Americans were subject to legislative and judicial discrimination by state and federal government, notably the Alien Land Act in 1913 and the naturalization law considered Japanese as "aliens ineligible to citizenship."
The third and fourth chapters probed into the reasons for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War Ⅱ, and the living conditions there, the consequences of the internment, and their assimilation into American society. The relocation camps of isolated areas and inhuman living conditions produced many significant changes. Among these were the collapse of traditional Japanese family system and the generation conflicts between Issei, the first generation of Japanese and the Nisei, the second generation. During the war time, Japanese Americans were asked to gave up any allegiance to Japan and its Emperor. This caused bitter disagreement between parents and their children, ultimately breaking up the bonds of family. The Nisei organized JACL(Japanese American Citizen's League) and could finally gain the control Japanese community in America led by the Issei in the past. Many Japanese Nisei enlisted and fought with great distinction in Europe, showing their loyalty to the American government.
After the evacuation in December 1945, Japanese Americans were finally freed, gradually blended into the American community. At the same time American government started to lift up the restrictions. Japanese Americans, especially the Nisei, tried to maximize the given opportunity in the land of freedom, could assimilate into the mainstream of American society. Japanese Americans were considered as the model minority, revealing success in business, education, and life in general in the United States to other ethnic groups.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 목차 = ⅰ
• Ⅰ. 들어가는 말 = 1
• Ⅱ. 배일운동과 JACL의 활동 = 3
• 1. 배일 운동의 배경과 확산 = 3
• 2. 일본계 미국시민연합(JACL)의 활동 = 10
• Ⅲ. 일본인 강제 수용 = 15
• 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt의 포고령 9066호 = 15
• 2. 수용소에서의 생활상 = 19
• 3. 전통적 가족의 해체로 인한 세대간 갈등 = 25
• Ⅳ. 재정착 후 일본계 미국인의 동화 = 30
• 1. 전후의 수용소 강제 퇴거에 대한 엇갈린 반응 = 30
• 2. 일본인들의 동화과정 = 33
• Ⅴ. 나오는 말 = 39
• 참고문헌 = 42
• ABSTRACT = 48