Hearts of Pine : Songs in the Lives of Three Korean Survivors of the Japanese Comfort Women.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration -- About the Companion Website -- Introduction -- Beginnings -- Pak Duri -- Mun Pilgi -- Bae Chunhui -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Pak Duri's Testimony -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Hearts of Pine focuses on the selves and social lives that three former Korean 'comfort women' cultivated through song. During four decades of post-war public secrecy about the comfort women system, song served for these women as both a private and a public means of coping with their trauma-each used song in a different way to reckon with their experiences and to forge a new sense of self. Drawing on seven years' worth of first-hand experience, author Johsua D. Pilzer reveals the rich and intricate inner worlds of song that have profoundly shaped these women's lives.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.