Abstract
This article traces the shifting politics and cultural self-representation of poet Albert Saijo, best known as being part of the Beat Generation. The article begins by tracing how Saijo de-emphasized his Japanese heritage during the World War II-era, when he and his family were placed in an internment camp. The essay then captures how Saijo's self-representation of his Japanese background changed as the U.S. racial terrain shifted in the 1950s and 1960s, as Saijo played up Orientalist roles of being a monk-like figure and a “Japanese hepcat.”
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