The book was purchased through the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Contents:
Cover; Series; Enfolding Silence; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "They're Just like White Kids": Genealogy and Theory of Japanese American Non-​Binary Silence; Brief Genealogy of Japanese American Silence before Immigration; Brief Genealogy of Japanese American Silence after Immigration; Non-​Binary Silences; Non-​Binary Silences in Japanese American Art; 1. Gardening, the Silence of Space, and the Humanity of Judgment; The History of Gardening Negotiating Multiple Forms of Oppression
Greg Kitajima, His Lineage of Garden Designers (Kinzuchi and Frank Fujii), and the Silence of SpaceMasumoto and Asawa on the Silence of Space; Gaimenteki Doka and Religious Ideas in the Silence of Space; Afterword and Caution; 2 Origami, the Silence of Self, and the Spirit of Vulnerability; Two Selves and the Marginal Man; A Brief History of Origami; Linda Mihara, Japanese American Origami Artist; Teaching Origami and the "Nice Girl"; Japanese American Kami; The Potential Space and the Silence of Self; The Spirit of Vulnerability; 3. Jazz, the Silence of Time, and Modes of Justice
Introduction to This Song of JusticeFirst Time through the Form: Japanese American Multiracial History; Repeat to the Top of the Form: The History of Jazz; Turnaround: Ma and the History of Jazz; Ensemble Section: Minidoka Swing Band; Solo: Anthony Brown; Coda: Justice and the Silence of Time; 4. Monuments, the Silence of Legacy, and Kodomo Tame Ni; Introduction to the Potential Problems of the Silence of Legacy; Japanese American Value of Monuments and Controversies over Monuments; Robert Murase's Japanese American Historical Plaza; Isamu Noguchi's To the Issei
Multiplicity in the Silence of LegacyEpilogue: "Whiz Kids"? Racial Shamelessness, the Model Minority, and the Future of Silence; Cycles of Racism and Corresponding Non-​Binary Silences; The Future of Silence; Appendix: Background Information Sheet and Interview Questionnaire; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary:
Japanese Americans have developed complex silences in response to social and religious marginalization. Utilizing histories and ethnographies of Japanese American arts - gardening, origami, jazz, and monuments - 'Enfolding Silence' uncovers silences that are mixtures of silences from religion, art, and oppression
