A Picture Bride From Korea
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: |
Publisher |
: Xlibris Us |
Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015060657817 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Korean Picture Brides by :
The Legacy of Korean Picture Brides is a collection of twenty-eight (28) oral history interviews conducted by Sonia Shinn Sunoo during the 1970s. A companion volume to her first volume of oral histories, Korea Kaleidoscope, this collection focuses on the trials and experiences of the first generation of Korean immigrant women in America. A particular focus was to capture the first-hand story of "picture brides." These women were so ready to escape the constricted Confucian society of early twentieth century Korea--and the tightening Japanese rule over their homeland--that they were willing to hand their fates over to marriage brokers seeking to find wives for Korean men who had left for Hawaii and the American mainland
Author |
: Lee Geum-yi |
Publisher |
: Forge Books |
Total Pages |
: 237 |
Release |
: 2022-10-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250808684 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250808685 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Picture Bride by : Lee Geum-yi
Winner of the Nautilus Award for Historical Fiction “Lee Geum-yi has a gift for taking little-known embers of history and transforming them into moving, compelling, and uplifting stories. The Picture Bride is the ultimate story of the power of friendship—a must read!” —Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Your husband is a landowner,” they told her. “Food and clothing is so plentiful, it grows on trees.” “You will be able to go to school.” Of the three lies the matchmaker told Willow before she left home as a picture bride in 1918, the third hurt the most. Never one to be deterred, Willow does all that she can to make the best of her unexpected circumstance. But it isn't long before her dreams for this new life are shattered, first by a husband who never wanted to marry her in the first place, and then by the escalation of the Korean independence movements, unified in goal, but divergent in action, which threaten to split the Hawaiian Korean community and divide Willow's family and friends. Braving the rough waters of these tumultuous years, Willow forges ahead, creating new dreams through her own blood, sweat, and tears; working tirelessly toward a better life for her family and loved ones. “A beautiful testimony to those women bold and determined enough to leave behind all that was familiar, seeking a better life.” —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author |
: Mrs. K. |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 24 |
Release |
: 1979* |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:84104391 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Picture Bride from Korea by : Mrs. K.
Author |
: Barbara F. Kawakami |
Publisher |
: University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages |
: 329 |
Release |
: 2016-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780824856175 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0824856171 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Picture Bride Stories by : Barbara F. Kawakami
During the 1885 to 1924 immigration period of plantation laborers from Japan to Hawaii, more than 200,000 Japanese, mostly single men, made the long journey by ship to the Hawaiian Islands. As it became apparent that they would never return to Japan, many of the men sent for brides to join them in their adopted home. More than 20,000 of these “picture brides” immigrated from Japan and Okinawa to Hawaii to marry husbands whom they knew only through photographs exchanged between them or their families. Based on Barbara F. Kawakami’s first-hand interviews with sixteen of these women, Picture Bride Stories is a poignant collection that recounts the diverse circumstances that led them to marry strangers, their voyages to Hawaii, the surprises and trials that they encountered upon arriving, and the lives they led upon settling in a strange new land. Many found hardship, yet persevered and endured the difficult conditions of the sugarcane and pineapple plantations for the sake of their children. As they acclimated to a foreign place and forged new relationships, they overcame challenges and eventually prospered in a better life. The stories of the issei women exemplify the importance of friendships and familial networks in coping with poverty and economic security. Although these remarkable women are gone, their legacy lives on in their children, grandchildren, and succeeding generations. In addition to the oral histories—the result of forty years of interviews—the author provides substantial background on marriage customs and labor practices on the plantations.
Author |
: Wayne Patterson |
Publisher |
: University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2000-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0824822412 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780824822415 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ilse by : Wayne Patterson
On January 13, 1903, the first Korean immigrants arrived in Hawai'i. Numbering a little more than a hundred individuals, this group represented the initial wave of organized Korean immigration to Hawai'i. Over the next two and a half years, nearly 7,500 Koreans would make the long journey eastward across the Pacific. Most were single men contracted to augment (and, in many cases, to offset) the large numbers of existing Chinese and Japanese plantation workers. Although much has been written about early Chinese and Japanese laborers in Hawai'i, until now no comprehensive work had been published on first-generation Korean immigrants, the ilse. Making extensive use of primary source material from Korea, Japan, the continental U.S., and Hawai'i, Wayne Patterson weaves a compelling social history of the Korean experience in Hawai'i from 1903 to 1973 as seen primarily through the eyes of the ilse. Japanese surveillance records, student journals, and U.S. intelligence reports--many of which were uncovered by the author--provide an "inner history" of the Korean community. Chapter topics include plantation labor, Christian mission work, the move from the plantation to the city, picture prides, relations with the Japanese government, interaction with other ethnic groups, intergenerational conflict, the World War II experience, and the postwar years. The Ilse is an impressive and much-needed contribution to Korean American and Hawai'i history and significantly advances our knowledge of the East Asian immigrant experience in the United States.
Author |
: Yoshiko Uchida |
Publisher |
: University of Washington Press |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0295976160 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780295976167 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Picture Bride by : Yoshiko Uchida
Her story is intertwined with others: her husband, Taro Takeda, an Oakland shopkeeper; Kiku and her husband Henry, who reject demeaning city work to become farmers; Dr. Kaneda, a respected community leader who is destroyed by the adopted land he loves. All are caught up in the cruel turmoil of World War II, when West Coast Japanese Americans are uprooted from their homes and imprisoned in desert detention camps.
Author |
: Lee Geum-yi |
Publisher |
: Forge Books |
Total Pages |
: 35 |
Release |
: 2022-08-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250893185 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250893186 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Picture Bride Sneak Peek by : Lee Geum-yi
“Lee Geum-yi has a gift for taking little-known embers of history and transforming them into moving, compelling, and uplifting stories. The Picture Bride is the ultimate story of the power of friendship—a must read!” —Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author Download a FREE sneak peek today! “Your husband is a landowner,” they told her. “Food and clothing is so plentiful, it grows on trees.” “You will be able to go to school.” Of the three lies the matchmaker told Willow before she left home as a picture bride in 1918, the third hurt the most. Never one to be deterred, Willow does all that she can to make the best of her unexpected circumstance. But it isn't long before her dreams for this new life are shattered, first by a husband who never wanted to marry her in the first place, and then by the escalation of the Korean independence movements, unified in goal, but divergent in action, which threaten to split the Hawaiian Korean community and divide Willow's family and friends. Braving the rough waters of these tumultuous years, Willow forges ahead, creating new dreams through her own blood, sweat, and tears; working tirelessly toward a better life for her family and loved ones. “A beautiful testimony to those women bold and determined enough to leave behind all that was familiar, seeking a better life.” —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author |
: Cathy Song |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 108 |
Release |
: 1983-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0300029691 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780300029697 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Picture Bride by : Cathy Song
Poems portray people's journeys and migrations and pay homage to the art of the American painter, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a Japanese printmaker
Author |
: Margaret K. Pai |
Publisher |
: University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 1989-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0824811798 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780824811792 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Dreams of Two Yi-min by : Margaret K. Pai
Few personal accounts have been written about early Korean immigrants (yi-min) to Hawaii. In The Dreams of Two Yi-min Margaret Pai recounts the experiences of her parents, Do In Kwon and Hee Kyung Lee, while unfolding the rich fabric of Korean society and culture in Japanese-occupied Korea and Hawaii’s Korean immigrant community during the early years of this century. Pai tells her mother’s arrival in Honolulu as a “picture bride” and of her return to Korea and subsequent imprisonment by the Japanese for her participation in the demonstration of March 1, 1919. Pai also tells the story of her father—a man deemed odd, intelligent, and even crazy by friends and competitors alike— and of his passion for inventing and talent for business. The Dreams of Two Yi-min is an honest and affectionate portrait of two courageous and strong-willed people. It is the story of the search for a good life, a search that forms a part of the larger history of the Korean experience in Hawaii.
Author |
: Mike Malaghan |
Publisher |
: Legacy Isle Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2016-07-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1935690809 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781935690801 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Picture Bride by : Mike Malaghan
From the moment we meet Haru, we fall in love with this proud girl of silk and steel. To escape being sold into prostitution in turn-of-the-century Japan, Haru takes refuge in a Buddhist temple, but happiness there is fleeting. Betrayed by her best friend, she flees to Hawaii, a strange new world where the young picture bride finds herself with a husband who doesn't want her and surrounded by a widespread distrust of Japanese immigrants. As Haru's marriage flourishes and then falters, she emerges as a strongminded community leader. Having once pledged to produce sons to fight for the emperor, she dedicates herself to raising American children loyal to the Stars and Stripes. From the shrines of Kyushu to the shores of the Territory of Hawaii, Picture Bride is the sweeping saga of Japanese immigrants who survived--and thrived--against great odds.