An unjust execution: a case study of Inouye Kanao, the Kamloops Kid

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dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, Kyla
dc.contributor.supervisorPrice, John
dc.contributor.supervisorMarks, Lynne Sorrel
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-01T04:28:23Z
dc.date.available2020-09-01T04:28:23Z
dc.date.copyright2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020-08-31
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of History
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the legal case of Inouye Kanao, a second-generation Japanese Canadian who was executed for high treason in August 1947 in Hong Kong. In this thesis, I trace not only Inouye's legal case, but also his early life, the broader political context, diplomatic correspondence, and other war crimes cases. By employing race-thinking and Critical Race Theory as theoretical frameworks, I consider the role of race and racism and aim to better understand its influence on Inouye's legal case. In doing so, this thesis challenges previous narratives and misinformation about Inouye. I conclude that racism was a significant factor that affected all aspects of Inouye's case, resulting in an unjust execution that did not reflect the crimes. Ultimately, Inouye was executed not because of his actions but because he was racialized as a treacherous and cruel Japanese Canadian.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/12073
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectInouye Kanaoen_US
dc.subjectKamloops Kiden_US
dc.subjectKamloopsen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectwar crimesen_US
dc.subjectHong Kongen_US
dc.subjectWorld War IIen_US
dc.subjectSecond World Waren_US
dc.subjectTreasonen_US
dc.subjectTreason Act 1351en_US
dc.subjectJapanese Canadianen_US
dc.subjectDual nationalityen_US
dc.subjectPOWen_US
dc.subjectPrisoner of Waren_US
dc.subjectCritical Race Theoryen_US
dc.subjectRacismen_US
dc.subjectRacializationen_US
dc.subjectMinor war crimesen_US
dc.subjectHong Kong Trialsen_US
dc.subjectExecutionen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectRace-thinkingen_US
dc.subjectKempeitaien_US
dc.subjectImperial Japanese Armyen_US
dc.subjectNiseien_US
dc.subjectTokyo Tribunalen_US
dc.subjectTokyo Trialsen_US
dc.subjectJapanen_US
dc.titleAn unjust execution: a case study of Inouye Kanao, the Kamloops Kiden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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