Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality and Identity

Title: Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality and Identity Author: David Mura ISBN: 9780385471848 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Published: 1997 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Social Science 1683126 Publisher Description: In Where the Body Meets Memory, Mura offers a powerful meditation on race, memory, and the physical body that focuses on America, its promise of equality and its reality of segregated lives. Weaving together stories from his childhood in Chicago, his parents' rare recollections of the internment camps, family anecdotes, and episodes of Japanese American history, Mura creates a portrait of a community becoming a "model minority." This process of assimilation, h