Religion and Resistance in America's Concentration Camps

An examination of the role of ethnic religion -- Buddhism & Shintoism -- in resistance among the Japanese Americans confined primarily at Tule Lake concentration camp during WWII. The resurgence of ethnic religious belief is seen as part of a wider network of cultural resistance, which was directed against the camp administrator's efforts to "Americanize" the internees. This resistance was effective in preserving Japanese-American families from total disintegration & in maintaining ethnic identity & solidarity. Modified AA.