Alkuteos: Tokyo Rose - Zero hour : a Japanese American Woman’s Persecution and Ultimate Redemption after World War II (2022)
Kuvittaja: Kate Kasenow
Teksti: Andre Frattino
Ilmestymisaika: 2022 (ko.painos)
Kustantaja: Tuttle Publishing
Sivumäärä: 128
ISBN: 9784805316955
Muoto: Sid.
Peukku: q^^
*Tokyo Rose - Zero Hours tells the true story of Iva Toguri, a Japanese American woman who was visiting relatives in Tokyo shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Trapped in Japan, Iva was pressed to renounce her American citizenship, but refused. As war raged across the Pacific, she took a job with Radio Tokyo - where she was forced to host "Zero Hour", a propaganda show aimed at demoralizing American troops - in the role of Tokyo Rose, the "Siren of the Pacific."
The dramatic events recounted in this story include:
-Iva's arrest by the Americans after the war, who then found that her actions were blameless
-Her emotional return to the United States and the racially-motivated public outcry that led to her re-arrest and prosecution for treason
-The dishonest actions of prosecutors who coerced witnesses into providing false evidence
-The six years she spent in prison and her eventual pardon by President Gerald Ford in 1077
This graphic novel includes an introduction explaining the "Tokyo Rose" phenomenon and the devastating effects that World War II had Asian American communities that continue to this day. In a world rife with misinformation and prejudice, this story has never been more relevant.*
Mustavalkoinen ja realistisesti kuvitettu sarjakuva. Tyyli on rento ja helposti lähestyttävä. Konstailematon.
Sarjakuva kertoo WW II:sen aikaisista tapahtumista. Tarkemmin ottaen japanilaisten ja amerikkalaisten väleistä. Siitä, kuinka Pearl Harbor muutti niitä ja kuinka amerikan japanilaisten elämä tuli todella vaikeaksi niin Amerikassa kuin Japanissakin. Nuori nainen uskalsi taistella ja olla oma itsensä. Antaa äänensä eetteriin. Ja se saattoi hänet myöhemmin pulaan.
Hienosti toteutettu tarina.
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