Haunting the Korean diaspora : shame, secrecy, and the forgotten war

Haunting the Korean diaspora shame, secrecy, and the forgotten war

Since the Korean War-the forgotten war-more than a million Korean women have acted as sex workers for U.S. servicemen. More than 100,000 women married GIs and moved to the United States. Through intellectual vigor and personal recollection, Haunting the Korean Diaspora explores the repressed history...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cho, Grace M. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press c2008.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Korean Americans > Psychology.
Korean American women > Psychology.
Immigrants > United States > Psychology.
Prostitutes > Korea (South) > History > 20th century.
War brides > United States > History > 20th century.
Psychic trauma > Korea (South)
Shame > United States.
Secrecy > United States.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Psychological aspects.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Women.
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Sumario:Since the Korean War-the forgotten war-more than a million Korean women have acted as sex workers for U.S. servicemen. More than 100,000 women married GIs and moved to the United States. Through intellectual vigor and personal recollection, Haunting the Korean Diaspora explores the repressed history of emotional and physical violence between the United States and Korea and the unexamined reverberations of sexual relationships between Korean women and American soldiers. Grace M. Cho exposes how Koreans in the United States have been profoundly affected by the forgotten war and uncovers the sile
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (262 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-235) and index.
ISBN:9780816666461

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