{"id":56190,"date":"2018-06-30T03:04:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T03:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=56190"},"modified":"2018-07-01T05:07:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T05:07:49","slug":"legacies-of-postwar-japans-war-bride-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=56190","title":{"rendered":"Legacies of Postwar Japan\u2019s \u201cWar Bride\u201d Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janm.org\/events\/2018\/06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Legacies of Postwar Japan\u2019s \u201cWar Bride\u201d Era<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janm.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese American National Museum<\/a><br \/>\n100 North Central Avenue<br \/>\nLos Angeles, California 90012<br \/>\nTelephone: (213) 625-0414<br \/>\n<strong>2018-06-30, 09:00-17:30 PDT (Local Time)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janm.org\/events\/2018\/06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images-cf.localist.com\/photos\/628658\/huge\/2c2f6a250670b5fbadfcf8672f9d98c23c4bf3ff.jpg\" width=\"550\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; cursor: text; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;\">Presented in partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/hapajapan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hapa Japan Project<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>During and shortly after the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US-Allied<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_Japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupation of Japan<\/a>, the Japanese women who fraternized with soldiers often met opposition from their families and were shunned by other Japanese. Many mixed-raced children faced severe prejudice for being \u201cimpure\u201d and born from the former enemy.<\/p>\n<p>This symposium brings together various stakeholders to tell the stories of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_bride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">war brides<\/a> and their children. By focusing on the memories, realities, and legacies of this community, this groundbreaking gathering will create opportunities for listening, discussing, healing, and empowering attendees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Symposium Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9:00am \u2013 9:30am Welcome and Opening Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Duncan Williams<\/strong> (USC Shinso Ito Center and Hapa Japan Project)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fredrick Cloyd<\/strong> (author of <em>Dream of the Water Children<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>9:30am \u2013 10:40am Session 1 \u2013 Occupation\/Migration: Women, Children and the U.S. Military Presence<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Etsuko Crissey<\/strong> (author of <em>Okinawa\u2019s GI Brides: Their Lives in America<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mire Koikari<\/strong> (University of Hawai\u2018i; author of <em>Cold War Encounters in US-Occupied Okinawa: Women, Militarized Domesticity, and Transnationalism in East Asia)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Elena Tajima Creef<\/strong> (Wellesley College; author of<em> Imaging Japanese America: The Visual Construction of Citizenship, Nation, and the Body<\/em> and <em>Following Her Own Road: The Life and Art of Mine Okubo<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10:40am \u2013 11:50am Session 2 \u2013 Difference and Other: War-Bride and Mixed-race Children\u2019s Representations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Margo Okazawa-Rey<\/strong> (Fielding Graduate University; Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sonia Gomez<\/strong> (University of Chicago; Visiting Scholar, MIT; author of <em>From Picture Brides to War Brides: Race, Gender, and Belonging in the Making of Japanese America<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11:50am \u2013 1:15pm LUNCH BREAK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:15pm \u2013 2:45pm Session 3 &#8212; Book Launch of \u201cDream of the Water Children: Memory &amp; Mourning in the Black Pacific\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fredrick D. Kakinami Cloyd<\/strong> (author of <em>Dream of the Water Children<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Curtiss Takada Rooks<\/strong> (Loyola Marymount University)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angela Tudico<\/strong> (Archives Specialist, National Archives at New York City)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2 :45pm \u2013 3 :00pm COFFEE\/TEA BREAK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3 :00pm \u2013 5 :30pm Session 4 \u2013 Film and Discussion of \u201cGiving Voice, The Japanese War Brides\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Miki Crawford<\/strong> (Producer\/author of <em>Giving Voice, The Japanese War Brides<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kathryn Tolbert<\/strong> (Washington Post; Producer\/Director of <em>Seven Times Down, Eight Times Up: The Japanese War Brides<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5:30pm Closing Remarks: Fredrick Cloyd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information and to RSVP, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janm.org\/events\/2018\/06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This symposium brings together various stakeholders to tell the stories of the war brides and their children. 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