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SUMMARY:Channels: Asian Diasporas In Film, Art, And Media
DESCRIPTION:\nThe Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija\, told by her
novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was seventeen years old\, after heari
ng that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls\, her family married h
er in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell\, Korea gained its in
dependence\, and the couple started a family. But peace didn’t come. The
young family of four fled South. On the road\, while breastfeeding and
changing her daughter\, Gwija was separated from her husband and son. Th
en seventy years passed. Seventy years of waiting. Gwija is now an elder
ly woman and Jina can’t stop thinking about the promise she made to help
find her brother.\n\nOrganized by the Global Asias Initiative\, this lu
nchtime discussion is open to anyone interested in Keum Suk Gendry-Kim T
he Waiting (as well as graphic novels in general\, learning more about A
sian American studies\, or meeting Asian Americanists at Penn State). We
welcome students\, instructors/faculty\, and the general public!\n\nFor
more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/channels-the-waiting/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Waiting
is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jin
a. When Gwija was seventeen years old, after hearing that the Japanese w
ere seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man
she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the coup
le started a family. But peace didn’t come. The young family of four fle
d South. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwi
ja was separated from her husband and son. Then seventy years passed. Se
venty years of waiting. Gwija is now an elderly woman and Jina can’t sto
p thinking about the promise she made to help find her brother.
Or
ganized by the Global Asias Initiative, this lunchtime discussion is ope
n to anyone interested in Keum Suk Gendry-Kim The Waiting (as w
ell as graphic novels in general, learning more about Asian American stu
dies, or meeting Asian Americanists at Penn State). We welcome students,
instructors/faculty, and the general public!
For more details: https://ev
ents.la.psu.edu/event/channels-the-waiting/
LOCATION:302 Pond Laboratory
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