5/29/2023 0 Comments Otsuka when the emperor was divine![]() As soon as the government detains her husband under suspicion of being a spy, the woman destroys all the cultural links to Japan in their home. In this home, the characters do not need to sacrifice one side of their identity in order to conform to the other. Containing a multiplicity of cultural objects, their home illustrates the possibility of the coexistence of Japanese and American cultural identities. ![]() ![]() But rather than the mingling of two cultural identities, When the Emperor was Divine depicts Japanese-American assimilation as more like the gradual loss of one’s identity altogether.īefore the war, the family’s home was full of the markers of their assimilated, Westernized life (a grand piano, a framed picture of a classic Western artwork, a baseball glove) and also of their Japanese heritage (a bonsai tree, pictures of a family member in Japanese military regalia, a Japanese flag). Typically, assimilation refers to a group of people with their own heritage, traditions, and values adopting the culture of another group. ![]()
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