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Speak, Okinawa : a memoir, Elizabeth Miki Brina

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"A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents--her father a Vietnam veteran, her mother an Okinawan war bride--and her own, fraught cultural heritage. Elizabeth's mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her husband. The language barrier and power imbalance that defined their early relationship followed them to the predominantly white, upstate New York suburb where they moved to raise their only daughter. There, Elizabeth grew up with the trappings of a typical American childhood and adolescence. Yet, even though she felt almost no connection to her mother's distant home, she also felt out of place among her peers. Decades later, Elizabeth comes to recognize the shame and self-loathing that haunt both her and her mother, and attempts a form of reconciliation, not only to come to terms with the embattled dynamics of her family but also to reckon with the injustices that reverberate throughout the history of Okinawa and its people. Clear-eyed and profoundly humane, Speak, Okinawa is a startling accomplishment--a heartfelt exploration of identity, inheritance, forgiveness, and what it means to be an American"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
289 pages
Isbn
9780525657347
Instance
Label
Speak, Okinawa : a memoir
Title
Speak, Okinawa
Title remainder
a memoir
Statement of responsibility
Elizabeth Miki Brina
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents--her father a Vietnam veteran, her mother an Okinawan war bride--and her own, fraught cultural heritage. Elizabeth's mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her husband. The language barrier and power imbalance that defined their early relationship followed them to the predominantly white, upstate New York suburb where they moved to raise their only daughter. There, Elizabeth grew up with the trappings of a typical American childhood and adolescence. Yet, even though she felt almost no connection to her mother's distant home, she also felt out of place among her peers. Decades later, Elizabeth comes to recognize the shame and self-loathing that haunt both her and her mother, and attempts a form of reconciliation, not only to come to terms with the embattled dynamics of her family but also to reckon with the injustices that reverberate throughout the history of Okinawa and its people. Clear-eyed and profoundly humane, Speak, Okinawa is a startling accomplishment--a heartfelt exploration of identity, inheritance, forgiveness, and what it means to be an American"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
autobiography
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1981-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Brina, Elizabeth Miki
Dewey number
  • 305.48/8956073
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
E184.J3
LC item number
B75 2021
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Brina, Elizabeth Miki
  • Brina, Elizabeth Miki
  • Brina, Elizabeth Miki
  • Japanese American women
  • Japanese Americans
  • Japanese Americans
  • Ryukyuans
  • Intercountry marriage
  • Okinawa-ken (Japan)
Label
Speak, Okinawa : a memoir, Elizabeth Miki Brina
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1237269121
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
289 pages
Isbn
9780525657347
Lccn
2020030710
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1237269121
Label
Speak, Okinawa : a memoir, Elizabeth Miki Brina
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1237269121
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
289 pages
Isbn
9780525657347
Lccn
2020030710
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1237269121

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