"I Am Colored Too": Cross-Racial Encounters on the Battlefield in War-Era Narratives of the Pacific Theater.

This article examines three World War II novels set in the Pacific: Jewish American author Ira Wolfert's An Act of Love (1948) , Jewish American author Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead (1948) , and African American author John Oliver Killens's And Then We Heard the Thunder (1962). Based on the...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Texas Studies in Literature & Language Vol. 67; no. 2; pp. 147 - 166
Autor principal: Matsuda, Takuya
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Texas Press Summer2025
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=187846109&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 187846109
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        00404691
        TSL
      jtl: Texas Studies in Literature & Language
      issn: 00404691
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Summer2025
      vid: 67
      iid: 2
      pid: 519
      pub: University of Texas Press
    artinfo:
      ui:
        187846109
        10.1353/tsl.00008
      ppf: 147
      ppct: 19
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: P
              size: 305KB
      tig:
        atl: "I Am Colored Too": Cross-Racial Encounters on the Battlefield in War-Era Narratives of the Pacific Theater.
      aug:
        au: Matsuda, Takuya
      su:
        War in literature
        American Jews
        African Americans
        Asians
        Asian Americans
        Wolfert, Ira
        Mailer, Norman, 1923-2007
        Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987
        Naked & the Dead, The (Book : Mailer)
        And Then We Heard the Thunder (Book)
        Act of Love, An (Book : Wolfert)
        20th century (Literary period)
      sug:
        subj:
          War in literature
          American Jews
          African Americans
          Asians
          Asian Americans
          Wolfert, Ira
          Mailer, Norman, 1923-2007
          Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987
          Naked & the Dead, The (Book : Mailer)
          And Then We Heard the Thunder (Book)
          Act of Love, An (Book : Wolfert)
          20th century (Literary period)
      ab: This article examines three World War II novels set in the Pacific: Jewish American author Ira Wolfert's An Act of Love (1948) , Jewish American author Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead (1948) , and African American author John Oliver Killens's And Then We Heard the Thunder (1962). Based on their firsthand experiences on the battlefront, these authors depict how racism toward non-Anglo-Americans is detrimental in the war against fascism worldwide. The authors also consider the anti-Japanese sentiment during the war and the preexisting "yellow peril" racism on the home front, disrupting the US master narrative of World War II as "good" and "necessary."
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Literary Criticism
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      custom: Copyright of Texas Studies in Literature & Language is the property of University of Texas Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
      item: Texas Studies in Literature & Language
      holder: University of Texas Press
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 2025
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N