... inaccuracies in Smith’s translation have brought about a “national disgrace.” Situating this overheated reaction in the larger context of the colonial history of Korean nationalism, this article points out the irony that the “noble cause” of anti-imperialist resistance has historically led to the silencing...

...—a hybridized form of melancholy and Korean han (a culturally specific grief)—to show how Cha uses it as a subversive political tool to defer historical closure. Cha's remembrance of the histories of Japanese colonialism in the Korean peninsula and the Korean War defies the expectation that minority populations...

... and Korean han (a culturally specific grief)—to show how Cha uses it as a subversive political tool to defer historical closure and to refuse her quiet assimilation. Cha’s remembrance of the histories of Japanese colonialism in the Korean peninsula and the Korean War defies the expectation that minority...

.... To speak of these atrocities, as numerous comfort camp survivors have done publicly since 1990 (Lee2002) and whose stories inspired Keller's interest in this dark chapter ofKorean national history (Lee2003), is to break the forced silence that colonial Japan, Korean society, and Western societies have...

... and political trajectories of white/Anglo U.S. adoption of Korean babies? How do they relate to U.S. imperialism and militarism? Are there connections between these revelations of systemic domination and those experienced by Alice's Chicana friends? How did Alice's distinct racialized, gendered experience...

... (Senegalese twists, Bantu knots, etc.) in markets small and large. This form of"brand" recognition, through national and ethnic markers, can be likened to that of middleman minorities-such as Jews, Koreans, Greeks, Indians, and Arabs-who have historically been linked with their trades (e.g., dry cleaners...

... on to complete their college educations in the United States at a time when few women did. Inspired by our mothers and united by our politics, Wambui and I established Concerned Students of All Colors (CSAC) together with Pakistani, Korean, Indian, African American, Jewish, South African, WASP, poor white...

...-floor management, with Korean and Korean American males as the supervisors ofyoung brown women and girls (Paik and Sohn 1998). These racial- and gender-hierarchical, now globalizing, forms of subcontracting work extract resources and leave behind waste and a "temporary" form of settler colonialism...

... of the international kerfuffle triggered by the awarding of the Man Booker International Prize to Deborah Smith in 2016 for her English translation of The Vegetarian , a 2007 novel by Korean author Han Kang. Although both the author and the translator shared the prize money, a debate ensued in which Koreans decried...

... . Katznelson Ira . 2006 . When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America . New York : W. W. Norton . Kim Suzy . 2019 . “ The Origins of Cold War Feminism during the Korean War .” Gender and History 31 , no. 2 : 460 – 79...

... Middle East, Nepali women in India, Brazilian women in Suriname, or Korean and Chinese women serving men in the Imperial Japanese army in the 1940s also poses questions about the significance of cultural/racial/ethnic difference between client and sex worker in constructions of prostitution. 3. According...

... to speeches and country reports, danced the Korean lindy hop and listened to experimental, pan-Asian musical performances; many also toured Shanghai and Huairou factories and art institutes after the conference ended (Millard Papers; Ramelson Notes). The celebrations did not mask the seriousness...

..., as seen in the Suzie Wong character of the 1960 film. By the early 1960s, the Korean and Vietnam wars had resulted in scores of Asian women being exploited sexually by the American GIs stationed in those countries. Despite a somewhat more humane portrayal in films like Sayonara (1957), Asian women...

... character of the 1960 film. Bythe early 1960s, the Korean and Vietnam wars had resulted in scores of Asian women being exploited sexually by the American Gls stationed in those countries. Despite a somewhat more humane portrayal in films like Sayonara(1957),Asian women remained coquettish, pretty dolls...

... of Native Hawaiians, who are not seen as an important plantation labor constituency compared to Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Portuguese, and Puerto Rican laborers. More broadly, these histories have ignored settler colonialism in Hawaiʻi by taking for granted that Hawaiʻi is, and was always destined...

.... Immigration Service all implicate the effects ofU.S. cultural hegemony and economic policies on people abroad. To expand its political and economic power in Asia, not only did the United States launch military expeditions during the Vietnam War and Korean War, but it has also attempted to maximize the profits...

... local, light-skinned, Indonesian women, ads featured international models such as Choi Ji Woo (a South Korean actress/celebrity) advertising the France-based “DiorSnow Pure White”; Sammi Cheng (a Hong Kong actress/singer) modeling for Japanese SK-II’s “Whitening Source Skin Brightener”; Michele Reis...

... featured local, light-skinned, Indonesian women, ads featured international models such as Choi Ji Woo (a South Korean actress/celebrity) advertising the France-based "DiorSnow Pure White"; Sammi Cheng (a Hong Kong actress/singer) modeling for Japanese SK-II's "Whitening Source Skin Brightener"; Michele...

... to Privilege: Seduction and Rejection in the Subordination of White Women and Women of Color." Signs14, no. 4. Kim, Elaine H. 1998. "Dangerous Women: Korean Immigrant Women in the United States." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, Seattle, Washington, 19 November. Martin...