Korean Military Brides In America Analysis

In Ji-Yeon Yuh’s article “Imagined Community – Sisterhood and Resistance among Korean Military Brides in America, 1950-1996,” she points out the hardship that military brides had gone through since they migrated from Korean camptown to reside permanently in the United States with their husbands who once served in the military service. In the introduction, Yuk mentions that most of military brides did not sense happiness in their marriages, “some were in the middle of second or third marriages, and few had experienced stable married lives. Some were divorced and living alone.”(Yuk, 221) This can be concluded as that they were suffering disrespect and discrimination from their husbands and the American society. Yuk interprets this phenomenon of complexity …show more content…
The article describes their living experiences in America that they were required to make food for their husband in the American way and they were also forced to speak English when they were alone with their husband. The author also adds that “if her children misbehave, Koreans nod knowingly and say,’ Well, what can you expect from that kind of woman.” (Yuk, 224) Moreover, they assisted their relatives to live in America. However, when their kin felt they were useless, their kin abandoned them relentlessly. It is wrote in the article “ Even family members who have accepted the help of their military-bride relatives often shun them for fear of being tainted by association.”(Yuk, 224) These facts reflect military brides’ freedoms were bonded with their husbands at homes and they did not receive proper respect from their relatives. And it also indicates that the camptown prostitution rumor played devastating role in their American