Clay Walls by Kim Ronyoung (Paperback Book)

Name: Clay Walls by Kim Ronyoung (Paperback Book)
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Kim Ronyoung

A landmark modern classic about the Korean American immigrant experience and the dawn of Los Angeless KoreatownA Penguin ClassicKimRonyoung(Gloria Hahn, 19261987) tells the story of Haesu and Chun, immigrants who fled Japaneseoccupied Korea for Los Angeles in the decade prior to World War II, and their Americanborn children. First published in 1986, Clay Walls offers a portrait of what being Korean in California meant in the first half of the twentieth century and how these immigrants nationalist spirit helped them withstand racism and poverty. Kim explores the tensions within a family of immigrants and new Americans and brings to the forefront the themes of Korean immigration, U.S. racism, generational trauma, and the early decades of Los Angeless Koreatown from a Korean American womans point of view. Through three sections representing the perspectives of mother, father, and daughter, what resonates the most is the voice of a woman and her selfdetermination, through national identity, marriage, and motherhood. | Kim Ronyoung Clay Walls Paperback Book