BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration

Edited by Michael Emmerich and Erkki Huhtamo. Published by the Yanai Initiative and the Japanese American National Museum, 2022 

This beautifully produced volume was published for Masaki Fujihata’s exhibition BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration,  co-presented by the Japanese American National Museum and the Yanai  Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities at UCLA and Waseda  University from May 7, 2022 – January 8, 2023. 

It contains a variety of  contributions, each of which engages, in its own way, with the history  of the Japanese American incarceration and its representation in  photographs and exhibitions; with BeHere / 1942 itself;  and with the career of the artist Masaki Fujihata. Contributors include  Emily Anderson, Anne-Marie Duguet, Michael Emmerich, Masaki Fujihata,  Clement Hanami, Erkki Huhtamo, Brian Niiya and Karen Umemoto, and Karen  Tei Yamashita.

Hardbound: 240 pp.