Displacement
A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japanese internment camps in Displacement, a historical graphic novel from Kiku Hughes.
Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II.
These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself "stuck" back in time. Living alongside her young grandmother and other Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, Kiku gets the education she never received in history class. She witnesses the lives of Japanese-Americans who were denied their civil liberties and suffered greatly, but managed to cultivate community and commit acts of resistance in order to survive.
Kiku Hughes weaves a riveting, bittersweet tale that highlights the intergenerational impact and power of memory.
Book At A Glance
# of Pages: 288
Book Binding: Paperback
Year of Publication: 2020
Publisher: First Second
Language: en
ISBN: 9781250193537
Creator Bio
Kiku Hughes is a Japanese American cartoonist and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been creating comics since the age of twelve and has a deep passion for storytelling and art. Hughes graduated from the California College of the Arts with a BFA in Comics and has since worked on various projects, including graphic novels, webcomics, and illustrations. She has also collaborated with organizations such as the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Center for Cartoon Studies. Displacement is her debut graphic novel, drawing from her own family history and experiences to illuminate the complexities of identity, culture, and belonging.
