Asian Tragedies in the Americas
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories
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"Yoon provides a comparative analysis of Asian diaspora in the Americas and how this community's experiences intersect with capitalism, slavery, and racial discrimination. From Chinese coolies in Cuba and Peru, to Korean slaves in Yucatan, Mexico, to picture brides in Hawaii, and to Japanese experiences in the Americas, Yoon provides an insightful synthesis of the ‘Asian tragedy’ from global and local contexts."
» Edward Chang, University of California, Riverside
Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories explores the stories of nineteenth-century East Asian migrants throughout the Americas, tracing the asymmetrical international conditions which shaped migrants' experiences. Les mer
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Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories explores the stories of nineteenth-century East Asian migrants throughout the Americas, tracing the asymmetrical international conditions which shaped migrants' experiences. Won K.Yoon examines such phenomena as Chinese paper (fraudulent) wives and daughters, Korean picture marriages, and Japanese war brides, analyzing the impact of racism and colonialism on East Asian groups and family experiences in the West.
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- Forlag
- Lexington Books
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781793628534
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«
"Yoon provides a comparative analysis of Asian diaspora in the Americas and how this community's experiences intersect with capitalism, slavery, and racial discrimination. From Chinese coolies in Cuba and Peru, to Korean slaves in Yucatan, Mexico, to picture brides in Hawaii, and to Japanese experiences in the Americas, Yoon provides an insightful synthesis of the ‘Asian tragedy’ from global and local contexts."
» Edward Chang, University of California, Riverside
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