{"id":7456,"date":"1997-03-01T14:32:02","date_gmt":"1997-03-01T18:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7456"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:35:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:35:07","slug":"east-to-america-korean-american-life-stories-editedby-elaine-h-kim-and-eui-young-yu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/east-to-america-korean-american-life-stories-editedby-elaine-h-kim-and-eui-young-yu\/","title":{"rendered":"East to America: Korean American Life Stories edited by Elaine H. Kim and Eui-Young Yu [in What Do I Read Next? 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Thus, while our title has its shortcomings, it does call into question the centrality of the &#8216;West.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 1996<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6898\" title=\"East to America\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/east-to-america.jpg\" alt=\"East to America\" width=\"100\" height=\"162\" \/>A collection of oral histories of 38 diverse Korean Americans, from recent immigrants to third-generation Americans, who offer vastly different, sometimes startling perspectives as a result of their gender, economic background, education, career, religion, etc.<\/p>\n<p>From the introduction: &#8220;It is popularly thought that Asians come &#8216;West&#8217; from the &#8216;East.&#8217; Most Korean immigrants, including the ancestors of U.S.-born Korean Americans, moved <em>east <\/em>to America, although their paths have been circuitous rather than linear or unidirectional. Thus, while our title has its shortcomings, it does call into question the centrality of the &#8216;West.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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