![]() ![]() Cathy Park Hong cites Cha’s work as a key inspiration for her own and explores the significance of her life, death, and critical reception in the essay “Portrait of an Artist.” In particular, Hong argues that Dictee’s careful use of language captures the psychological reality of immigration and colonization, and that its content captures how many Korean women and immigrants carry traumatic histories with them. Her book, which is now considered foundational to Asian American literature, explores the intersection of political violence, womanhood, imperialism, and historical trauma by juxtaposing the stories of women like the Korean martyr Yu Guan Soon, Cha’s own mother, and Joan of Arc. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha was a Korean American poet and photographer who published the influential book Dictee in 1982, just a few days before a security guard, Joseph Sanza, raped and murdered her. ![]()
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