Picture Bride : A Novel / Yoshiko Uchida ; foreword by Elena Tajima Creef.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uchida, Yoshiko, author.

Contributor:

Creef, Elena Tajima, writer of foreword.

Series:

Classics of Asian American literature.

Classics of Asian American Literature Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese American women--Fiction.

Japanese American women.

Japanese Americans--Fiction.

Japanese Americans.

California--Fiction.

California.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, 2022.

Summary:

"The story of a Japanese American picture bride, from Angel Island to Topaz. Seeking an escape from life in her small village in Japan, Hana Omiya arrives in California in 1917, one of thousands of Japanese “picture brides” whose arranged marriages brought them to the United States. When she finally sets foot on a pier in San Francisco, she is disappointed to meet her soon-to-be husband, the stoic Taro Takeda, who looks much older than in the photo his family had shared. Far from the fantasy life she dreamed up back home, Hana confronts emotional distance from her husband and hostility from white neighbors, eventually focusing her energy to support others in her tight-knit community. Showing the complexity of Issei life, Hana's story is intertwined with the stories of others: her best friend Kiku and Kiku's husband Henry, who reject demeaning city work to become farmers. Reverend Okada, a community leader who eventually decides to return to Japan; and Hana's daughter, Mary, who rejects her family and runs away with her boyfriend. Ultimately, as Japanese Americans are evacuated from their homes and imprisoned in concentration camps, we see how Hana and others cope with the heartache of losing everything they worked hard to build. Revealing the human impact of migration, evacuation, and incarceration, Picture Bride is a wide-ranging portrait of Japanese American life in the early twentieth century."-- Publisher's description.

Contents:

1917–1918

1920–1921

1930–1940

1941–1943.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-295-75113-4

OCLC:

1345458253