Speak, Okinawa A Memoir

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9781783785971
  • 01 april 2021
  • 304 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

A daughter born between two cultures - the US and Japan - grapples with the question: where is my home, and how will I recognise it when I reach it?



Here's a story. On the U.S.-occupied island of Okinawa, an American soldier falls in love with a beautiful Japanese woman. He saves her from a life of grinding poverty. They settle in the States, to live out the suburban American Dream with their child. Here's another version. The U.S. military has occupied Okinawa since World War Two, after slaughtering a third of the island's population; the beautiful Japanese woman lives in poverty and marries the soldier as a way to escape. Here's a third version. A little girl grows up with a mother who can't pronounce her name. She meets blood relatives with whom she cannot communicate. She clings to a sense of whiteness that white peers will not let her claim. She is born as the convergence of these conflicting stories and as she grows up she must reclaim her own narrative. Speak, Okinawa is Elizabeth Miki Brina's courageous and heart-breaking testament to the struggle for belonging. It is a story about the immigrant experience; it is a story about how it feels to grow up biracial; it is a story about the island of Okinawa, from its first inhabitants to its colonisation by Japan and the United States. But above all, it is a story about reckoning with your history, and the links that tie you to your heritage and give you a sense of home within yourself.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
01 april 2021
Aantal pagina's
304
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Elizabeth Miki Brina
Hoofduitgeverij
Granta Books

Overige kenmerken

Product breedte
135 mm
Product hoogte
18 mm
Product lengte
216 mm
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
216 mm
Verpakking hoogte
29 mm
Verpakking lengte
216 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
391 g

EAN

EAN
9781783785971

Je vindt dit artikel in

Taal
Engels
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?
Boek
Studieboek of algemeen
Algemene boeken
Beschikbaarheid
Leverbaar
Nog geen reviews

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 16 euro en 99 cent.
Uiterlijk 5 juni in huis
Verkoop door bol
  • Gratis verzending door bol vanaf 20 euro
  • Ophalen bij een bol afhaalpunt mogelijk
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren
  • Dag en nacht klantenservice

Alle bindwijzen en edities (5)

  • 17,99
    Direct beschikbaar
  • 11,99
    Direct beschikbaar
  • 17,99
    Direct beschikbaar
  • 22,99
    Uiterlijk 7 juni in huis Tooltip
  • 16,99
    Uiterlijk 5 juni in huis Tooltip