Japanese War Brides In America
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Japanese War Brides In America
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Author : Miki Ward Crawford
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2009-11-25
Japanese War Brides In America written by Miki Ward Crawford and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-25 with Social Science categories.
Following the end of World War II, 500,000 American troops occupied every prefecture of Japan and interracial marriages occurred. The sudden influx of 50,000 Japanese war brides during 1946-1965 created social tension in the United States, while opening up one of the country's largest cross-cultural integrations. This book reveals the stories of 19 Japanese war brides whose assimilation into American culture forever influenced future generations, depicting love, strength, and perseverance in the face of incredible odds. The Japanese war brides hold a unique place in American history and have been called ambassadors to the United States. For the first time in English these women share their triumphs, sorrows, successes, and identity in a time when their own future was tainted by social segregation. This oral history focuses mainly on women's lives in the period following World War II and the occupation of Japan. It illuminates the cultural expectations, the situations brought about by the war, and effects of the occupation, and also include quotes from various war brides regarding this time. Chapter interviews are set up in chronological fashion and laid out in the following format: introduction of the war bride, how she met her husband, her initial travels to America, and life thereafter. Where needed, explanations, translations, and background history with references are provided.
Tsuchino
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Author : Michael J. Forrester
language : en
Publisher: American Classic Books
Release Date : 2004-09
Tsuchino written by Michael J. Forrester and has been published by American Classic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09 with Japanese Americans categories.
"In a stunning tribute to his wife of 45 years, Michael Forrester's Tsuchino, My Japanese War Bride is a compelling narrative that gives readers history and insight into the little-known and understudied story of Japanese war brides in America. Before leaving to serve in the US military in the occupation of Japan, New York-born Irish Catholic Forrester was cautioned by his grandmother to not return home with a Japanese bride! Fortunately, Michael Forrester did not heed the warning and in 1958, he married Tsuchino Matsuo ? a strong-willed and determined woman who confounds any stereotypes readers might have had about Japanese war brides. Michael and Tsuchino's story of love transcends cultural and language barriers at a time in American history when marriage between two different races was a rare occurrence." ? Regina F. Lark, Ph.D., UCLA Center for the Study of Women and Women's Studies Programs
Love Letter
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Author : Stephen E. Price
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2014-05
Love Letter written by Stephen E. Price and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Love Letter for a Japanese War Bride is Stephen E. Price's memoir of his eternal love for his first wife, Ryuko. Set primarily in postwar Japan, the story provides a window into a new world one that spawned cultural diversity, but one that was largely unprepared for and unaccepting of it. The tale chronicles the lover's perseverance as they struggle with both the US and Japanese governments to gain permission to marry. The narrative is woven into fabrics of cultures, traditions, attitudes, language and history some of which may be unfamiliar, but all of which is captivating. Above all, the unending and redemptive romance in this story captures the purest essence of love with all its twists and turns, joys and sorrows, highs and lows, and culminates in a tragic yet transcendent ending. "A remarkable memoir and love letter' that rings true on every page An intimate and heartbreaking story, beautifully told. I can think of no other work about Japan and America that reveals more poignantly how love and trust can bridge race and culture, even where the odds seem so formidably against this." John W. Dower, Ford International Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Pulitzer Prize winning author of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II.
Reconsidering Japanese War Brides In The 1940 S U S History
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Author : Masako Nakamura
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Reconsidering Japanese War Brides In The 1940 S U S History written by Masako Nakamura and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with War brides categories.
Japanese War Bride
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Author : Tomoko Tsuchiya
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Japanese War Bride written by Tomoko Tsuchiya and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Intercountry marriage categories.
A Study Of Japanese War Brides In Postwar America Through The Lenses Of Race Nationality Ethnicity And Gender 1941 1960
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Author : Lorelei Russ
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
A Study Of Japanese War Brides In Postwar America Through The Lenses Of Race Nationality Ethnicity And Gender 1941 1960 written by Lorelei Russ and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
Ever Had Your Back Scrubbed By A Japanese Girl
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Author : Judith Lihosit
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Ever Had Your Back Scrubbed By A Japanese Girl written by Judith Lihosit and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
Picture Bride War Bride
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Author : Sonia C. Gomez
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2024-08-20
Picture Bride War Bride written by Sonia C. Gomez and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-20 with History categories.
Examines the role marriage played in the lives of Japanese women during periods of racial exclusion in the United States In 1908 the United States and Japan agreed to limit the migration of Japanese laborers to the US. The Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1908 ushered in an era of exclusion for the Japanese, but an exception was made for Japanese women who migrated as wives of Japanese men. In 1924 that exception would end with the passage of the National Origins Act. Immediately after World War II, Japanese women were once again permitted to enter the US as brides— this time, however, as the wives of American servicemen stationed throughout Japan. The ban on Japanese immigration would not be lifted until 1952. Picture Bride, War Bride examines how the institution of marriage created pockets of legal and social inclusion for Japanese women during the period of Japanese exclusion. Sonia C. Gomez begins with the first wave of Japanese women's migration in the early twentieth century (picture brides), and ends with the second mass migration of Japanese women after World War II (war brides), to illustrate how popular and political discourse drew on overlapping and conflicting logics to either racially exclude the Japanese or facilitate their inclusion via immigration legislation privileging wives and mothers. Picture Bride, War Bride retells the history of Japanese migration and exclusion by centering women, gender, and sexuality, and in so doing, troubles the inclusion versus exclusion binary. While the Japanese were racially excluded between 1908 and 1952, Japanese wives and mothers were permitted entry because their inclusion served American interests in the Pacific. However, the very rationale enabling their inclusion simultaneously restricted and defined the parameters of their lives within the US. Picture Bride, War Bride serves as a compelling analysis of how the intricate interplay between societal norms and political interests can both harness and contradict the interconnected frameworks of race, gender, and sexuality.
Michi S Memories
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Author : Keiko Tamura
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Michi S Memories written by Keiko Tamura and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book tells the story of Michi, one of 650 Japanese war brides who arrived in Australia in the early 1950s. The women met Australian servicemen in post-war Japan and decided to migrate to Australia as wives and fiancées to start a new life. In 1953, when Michi reached Sydney Harbour by boat with her two Japanese-born children, she knew only one person in Australia: her husband. She did not know any English so she quickly learned her first English phrase, "I like Australia", in the car on the way from the harbour to meet her Australian family. In the last fifty years, she brought up seven children while the family moved from one part of Australia to another. Now, in her eighties, she leads a peaceful life in Adelaide, but remains active in many ways. Her voice is full of life and she looks and sounds much younger than her age.
Okinawa S Gi Brides
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Author : Etsuko Takushi Crissey
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2017-06-30
Okinawa S Gi Brides written by Etsuko Takushi Crissey and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-30 with Social Science categories.
The American military started building its massive base complex in Okinawa at the end of World War II. During the decade that followed, US forces seized vast areas of privately owned land, evicting and impoverishing thousands of farmers. US military occupation rule, imposed during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, lasted until 1972, twenty years longer than the Allied occupation of mainland Japan. Besides land seizures, Okinawans were subjected to numerous human rights violations, including oxymoronic “occupation law” that consistently favored the US military in cases of serious crimes against civilians, denial of the freedom to choose candidates for elected office, and strict limits on travel outside Okinawa, even to mainland Japan. The commanding military presence has persistently stymied economic development in Okinawa, which remains Japan’s poorest prefecture. Yet, even as the disproportionate burden of bases continues to impose dangers and disruptions, hundreds of Okinawan women every year have married American servicemen and returned with them to live in the United States. Former Okinawa Times reporter Etsuko Takushi Crissey traveled throughout their adopted country, conducting wide-ranging interviews and a questionnaire survey of women who married and immigrated between the early 1950s and the mid-1990s. She concentrates especially on their experiences as immigrants, wives, mothers, working women, and members of a racial minority. Many describe severe hardships they encountered. In Okinawa's GI Brides, Crissey presents their diverse personal accounts, her survey results, and comparative data on divorces—challenging the widespread notion that such marriages almost always fail, with the women ending up abandoned and helpless in a strange land. Her book, the first on Okinawan wives of US servicemen, also compares the circumstances of their marriages with those of so-called “war brides” and postwar spouses of American servicemen stationed in mainland Japan and Europe. Written in brisk and lively prose, this book is stimulating and informative reading for a general audience, and a timely resource for specialists in the fields of history, political science, sociology, international relations, and anthropology, as well as ethnic, immigrant, and gender studies.