Writing and Teaching behind Barbed Wire: An Exiled Composition Class in a Japanese-American Internment Camp

College Composition and Communication Dec 2007

Writing and Teaching behind Barbed Wire: An Exiled Composition Class in a Japanese-American Internment Camp

Hui Wu University of Central Arkansas

Abstract

By reflecting on Japanese internment camps executed by the U.S. government in World War II, this article examines camp schools’ curricula and writing assignments and an English teacher’s response to student essays to show how racially profiled students and their Caucasian teacher negotiated the political meanings of civil rights and freedom.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2007-12-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc20076393
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multilingual writers

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