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Hirano's Japanese-English biographical account of her incarceration at the\n  \n   Merced\n  \n  Assembly Center and\n  \n   Amache\n  \n  and of her resettlement was originally written as an assignment for a creative writing class at the Japantown Arts and Media Workshop in San Francisco, and eventually published by the organization.","rg_rgmediatype":["books"],"mediatype_label":"Books","mediatype_icon":"fa-book","rg_interestlevel":["Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["Memoir"],"rg_theme":["Displacement","Evils of racism"],"rg_readinglevel":["Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_availability":["Limited availability"],"categories":[{"title":"Arts"}],"topics":[],"authors":[{"title":"Patricia Wakida","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/authors/Patricia%20Wakida/","html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/authors/Patricia%20Wakida/"}],"sources":[],"title":"Enemy Alien (book)","published_rg":true,"modified":"2020-06-03T17:14:00","databoxes":{"rgdatabox-Core":{"rgmediatype":["books"],"title":["Enemy Alien"],"creators":["Kiyo Hirano"],"interestlevel":["Grades 9-12","Adult"],"readinglevel":["Grades 9-12","Adult"],"guidedreadinglevel":[],"lexile":[],"theme":["Displacement","Evils of racism"],"genre":["Memoir"],"pov":["First-person, Japanese woman"],"relatedevents":[],"availability":["Limited availability"],"freewebversion":["Yes"],"primarysecondary":[],"hasteachingaids":["No"],"warnings":[],"denshotopic":[],"geography":["California"],"chronology":["1942-1946"],"facility":["Merced [19]","Granada (Amache) [4]"]},"databox-Books":{"title":["Enemy Alien"],"author":["Kiyo Hirano"],"illustrator":[],"origtitle":[],"country":[],"language":[],"series":[],"genre":[],"publisher":["Japantown Art and Media Workshop"],"pubdate":["1983"],"currentpublisher":[],"currentpubdate":[],"mediatype":[],"pages":["155"],"awards":[],"isbn":[],"worldcatlink":["<a class=\"external free\" href=\"https://www.worldcat.org/title/enemy-alien/oclc/12952106\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.worldcat.org/title/enemy-alien/oclc/12952106</a>"]}},"rg_title":["Enemy Alien"],"rg_creators":["Kiyo Hirano"],"rg_pov":["First-person, Japanese woman"],"rg_freewebversion":["Yes"],"rg_geography":["California"],"rg_chronology":["1942-1946"],"rg_hasteachingaids":["No"],"body":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div id=\"databox-Books\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  <p>\n   Title:Enemy Alien;\nAuthor:Kiyo Hirano;\nIllustrator:;\nOrigTitle:;\nCountry:;\nLanguage:;\nSeries:;\nGenre:;\nPublisher:Japantown Art and Media Workshop;\nPubDate:1983;\nCurrentPublisher:;\nCurrentPubDate:;\nMediaType:;\nPages:155;\nAwards:;\nISBN:;\nWorldCatLink:\n   <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.worldcat.org/title/enemy-alien/oclc/12952106\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    https://www.worldcat.org/title/enemy-alien/oclc/12952106\n   </a>\n   ;\n  </p>\n </div>\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n  <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n  <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n   <p>\n    RGMediaType:books;\nTitle:Enemy Alien;\nCreators:Kiyo Hirano;\nInterestLevel:Grades 9-12; Adult;\nReadingLevel:Grades 9-12; Adult;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:;\nTheme:Displacement; Evils of racism;\nGenre:Memoir;\nPoV:First-person, Japanese woman;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:Limited availability;\nFreeWebVersion:Yes;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:;\nDenshoTopic:;\nGeography:California;\nChronology:1942-1946;\nFacility:Merced [19]; Granada (Amache) [4];\n   </p>\n  </div>\n </div>\n <p>\n  Bilingual memoir by Kiyo Hirano of her World War II experiences as an \"enemy alien\" is a rare example of an\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Issei\" title=\"Issei\">\n   Issei\n  </a>\n  woman's first-person perspective of the American concentration camps.\n  <i>\n   Enemy Alien\n  </i>\n  (Japanese title: Tekikoku gaijin) was translated into English by George Hirano and Yuri Kageyama and published by Japantown Arts and Media Workshop (JAM) Publications in 1983. Hirano's Japanese-English biographical account of her incarceration at the\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Merced_(detention_facility)\" title=\"Merced (detention facility)\">\n   Merced\n  </a>\n  Assembly Center and\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Amache_(Granada)\" title=\"Amache (Granada)\">\n   Amache\n  </a>\n  and of her resettlement was originally written as an assignment for a creative writing class at the Japantown Arts and Media Workshop in San Francisco, and eventually published by the organization.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n  <b>\n   Authored by\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Patricia_Wakida\" title=\"Patricia Wakida\">\n    Patricia Wakida\n   </a>\n  </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  Wakida, Patricia\n </div>\n</div>\n","findatia":"<div class=\"section\" 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