Chapter 1 Introduction: On Korean Women in Japan: Past and Present Chapter 2 Prologue: In Search of Hidden Treasures Part 3 Part I: To Join My Husband Chapter 4 I Love to Study Chapter 5 I Have Done My Best Chapter 6 Through His Grace Part 7 Part II: Journey of a New Bride Chapter 8 No More Tears Chapter 9 Blessings Came Later in My Life Chapter 10 Dear General Kim Il-Sung Part 11 Part III: Solitary Sojourn Chapter 12 It's My Destiny Chapter 13 Now I Can Say That I'm Happy Part 14 Part IV: Growing Up in Japan Chapter 15 We Koreans Have Come a Long Way Chapter 16 A Life Worth Living Is a Life That Has Meaning
Jackie J. Kim is a freelance writer living in Hawaii and Germany.
Well-chosen photographs enhance the graceful, intelligently
annotated narratives. Sonia Ryang's introduction contextualizes the
women's lives, and the fine bibliography directs readers toward
further study. Highly recommended.
*CHOICE*
Kim presents the life stories of ten first-generation Korean
immigrant women in Japan, that enrich our understanding of the
social conditions and political dynamics of Koreans in Japan, and
the legacies of the past that the new generation of Korean women in
Japan must face and overcome.
*Reference and Research Book News*
These voices preserve for us the bravery and resilience of these
ten women, and through them we can sense the tribulations and
triumphs of all those others who cannot speak. For making this
amount of oral history available and for deciphering the stories of
these women, Jackie Kim deserves our gratitude.
*Japan Times*
Jackie Kim's book provides unprecedented insight into the lives of
first-generation zainichi women.
*Japan Studies*
Hidden Treasures records the recessed but resonant voices of Korean
women in Japan. At once poignant and painful, passionate and
powerful, the narratives are literally recovered treasures. With
Sonia Ryang's rewarding introduction, it is an invaluable
contribution to the study of East Asia's tumultuous twentieth
century.
*John Lie, University of California, Berkeley*
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