Tigermedia - Girlhood, Displacement, and Resistance during the Japanese Occupation
Girlhood, Displacement, and Resistance during the Japanese Occupation
Date: May 3rd, 2017
Duration:
1h:27m:57s
Dr. Alves addresses displacement, victimhood, survival, and resistance through the girlhood narratives of her family’s flight from persecution
during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, supplying the historical and cultural context of World War II in Asia. This program will immediately be followed by a student and faculty roundtable discussion.
Speakers: Dr. Kathleen Tamayo Alves, Assistant Professor of English, Queensborough Community College; Dr. Aliza Atik, Assistant Professor of English, Queensborough Community College; Dr. Benjamin Miller, Assistant Professor of English, Queensborough Community College;
and Prof. Alisa Cercone, Lecturer of English, Queensborough Community College.