Pictures of belonging : Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo / edited by ShiPu Wang ; contributors, Becky Alexander, Melissa Ho, Rihoko Ueno, Patricia Wakida, Cécile Whiting.

"Pictures of Belonging showcases more than one hundred objects created by Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. These trailblazing American women of Japanese descent-part of the pre-World War II generation of artists in California-were committed to exploring art as a productive means of storytelling, but their achievements are rarely recognized in the pages of American history. The book puts the artists' works in dialogue with one another for the first time-creating new conversations on citizenship, community, and agency in the historical record during an era of exclusion for Japanese Americans in particular and Asian Americans as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.