Silence Broken is essentially an oral history of Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II. Their stories, told to the author in Korea, China and Japan, are the core of the book. Additional chapters provide readers with contextual and historical information. The stories of these women contain their 'flesh and blood', as one reader put it. In addition to presenting the stories, Kim-Gibson explores their lives before and after forced servitude. Other works focus on their years of servitude.
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Dai Sil Kim-Gibson was born in northern Korea and retains memories of Japanese colonialism. She came to the United States in 1962 to pursue her graduate studies. Her documentary, Silence Broken: Korean Comfort Women, will be broadcast nationally on May 18th on Public Broadcasting Service.
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Silence Broken: an Epiphany,
By Yoona Lee (Seattle, Wa. United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Silence Broken : Korean Comfort Women (Paperback)
Long-suppressed by the Japanese government and often overlooked by historians, the Korean comfort women's story emerges at last. Activist, film maker and writer Dai Sil Kim-Gibson has tackled the monumental task of exposing these Korean comfort women's stories to the public. With empathetic probing and years of patient interviews, Kim-Gibson succeeds in opening up these women whose lives have been pockmarked by the brutality of their surroundings. Their oral history is moving testament to the human's stubborn will to survive. Elucidating and inspiring, this book is a must-read.
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Fighting Tears,
This review is from: Silence Broken : Korean Comfort Women (Paperback)
Some say that we wretched Koreans--the poeple of Hahn (everlasting woe)--have run out of tears. But to my wonderment, I found myself fighting tears as I turned the pages of Dai Sil Kim-Gibson's Silence Broken. Destiny has willed this poet-philosopher-filmmaker to tell the stories of the ultimate Hahn for posterity.
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Excellent!,
By gi-in an (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Silence Broken : Korean Comfort Women (Paperback)
Ms. Kim-Gibson thoughtfully personalizes the stories of comfort-women.
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