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The “Nacirema” Dream: The Story of an Asian American Studio
Jonathan van Harmelen reveals a lesser-known, unappreciated history of American film through the work of Asian American makers and studios.
Jonathan van Harmelen
Jonathan van Harmelen is a PhD candidate in history at UC Santa Cruz. A columnist for the Japanese American National Museum’s blog Discover Nikkei, he frequently writes about Japanese American history and culture. His dissertation is a study of the role of Congress in the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Buried in the Sand: On John Sturges’s “Bad Day at Black Rock” and Japanese America
Jonathan van Harmelen offers a historical account of the undersung, at times controversial, anti-racist western, John Sturges’s “Bad Day at Black...
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