“They Are Our Human Secret Weapons”: The Military Intelligence Service and the Role of Japanese‐Americans in the Pacific War and in the Occupation of Japan

Nakamura, Kelli Y.

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00203.x

The Historian

2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00203.x

|View full text |Cite

“They Are Our Human Secret Weapons”: The Military Intelligence Service and the Role of Japanese‐Americans in the Pacific War and in the Occupation of Japan

Kelli Y. Nakamura

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2022

Publication Types

Select...

Article1

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent1

Authors

Journals

Cited by 1 publication

References 1 publication

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

In the Name of Human Adaptation: Japanese American “Hybrid Children” and Racial Anthropology in Postwar Japan

Hyun

2022

Perspectives on Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

By focusing on the emergence and integration of “hybrid children” (konketsuji) anthropology into the Human Adaptability section of the International Biological Program (HA-IBP) in Japan during the 1950s and 1970s, this paper presents how transnational dynamics and mechanisms played out in shaping and maintaining the racist aspects while simultaneously allowed them to be included in the HA-IBP framework. It argues that they operated a double play between their national and transnational spaces—that is, they attenuated racist aspects of their research in their international activities while authenticating race in their national work. This paper will conclude with reflections on the transnational nationalism of konketsuji anthropology.

show abstract

In the Name of Human Adaptation: Japanese American “Hybrid Children” and Racial Anthropology in Postwar Japan

Hyun

2022

Perspectives on Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.

Contact Info

customersupport@researchsolutions.com

10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614

Henderson, NV 89052, USA

Blog Terms and Conditions API Terms Privacy Policy Contact Cookie Preferences Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Made with 💙 for researchers

Part of the Research Solutions Family.

“They Are Our Human Secret Weapons”: The Military Intelligence Service and the Role of Japanese‐Americans in the Pacific War and in the Occupation of Japan

Cited by 1 publication

References 1 publication

In the Name of Human Adaptation: Japanese American “Hybrid Children” and Racial Anthropology in Postwar Japan

In the Name of Human Adaptation: Japanese American “Hybrid Children” and Racial Anthropology in Postwar Japan

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About