TY - BOOK AU - Yuh,Ji-Yeon TI - Beyond the Shadow of Camptown: Korean Military Brides in America T2 - Nation of Nations SN - 9780814796986 AV - E184.K6 Y85 2002 U1 - 305.48/8957073 PY - 2002///] CY - New York, NY : PB - New York University Press, KW - Korean American women KW - Biography KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Korean Americans KW - Cultural assimilation KW - Korean War, 1950-1953 KW - Women KW - Military spouses KW - United States KW - History KW - War brides KW - Women immigrants KW - HISTORY / Military / Korean War KW - bisacsh KW - Distinct KW - courageous KW - revealing KW - stories KW - tell KW - voices N1 - restricted access N2 - Since the beginning of the Korean War in 1950, nearly 100,000 Korean women have immigrated to the United States as the wives of American soldiers. Based on extensive oral interviews and archival research, Beyond the Shadow of the Camptowns tells the stories of these women, from their presumed association with U.S. military camptowns and prostitution to their struggles within the intercultural families they create in the United States. Historian Ji-Yeon Yuh argues that military brides are a unique prism through which to view cultural and social contact between Korea and the U.S. After placing these women within the context of Korean-U.S. relations and the legacies of both Japanese and U.S. colonialism vis รก vis military prostitution, Yuh goes on to explore their lives, their coping strategies with their new families, and their relationships with their Korean families and homeland. Topics range from the personal-the role of food in their lives-to the communalthe efforts of military wives to form support groups that enable them to affirm Korean identity that both American and Koreans would deny them. Relayed with warmth and compassion, this is the first in-depth study of Korean military brides, and is a groundbreaking contribution to Asian American, women's, and "new" immigrant studies, while also providing a unique approach to military history UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814789018 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814789018/original ER -