Reclaiming a Space in American History with the Collective Voices of the Japanese Picture Brides in Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic

Julie Otsuka’s 2011 novel The Buddha in the Attic documents the history of ‘picture brides’ who were some of the earliest Japanese female immigrants to the USA and whose narratives remain unwritten, forgotten, and erased. The collective voice of the picture brides in Buddha narrativises the women’s...

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Published in:	Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics
Main Author:	Soyeon Kim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Lectito Journals 2022-09-01
Subjects:	World War II diaspora picture brides historical fiction collective loss
Online Access:	https://www.lectitopublishing.nl/download/reclaiming-a-space-in-american-history-with-the-collective-voices-of-the-japanese-picture-brides-in-12352.pdf