@article{ART003326934},
author={YEON Hyo-jin},
title={The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi},
journal={The Review of Korean History},
issn={1225-133X},
year={2026},
number={161},
pages={117-160}
TY - JOUR
AU - YEON Hyo-jin
TI - The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi
JO - The Review of Korean History
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 161
PB - The Historical Society Of Korea
SP - 117
EP - 160
SN - 1225-133X
AB - This study analyzes the organization and characteristics of the Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi, which emerged amid demographic changes in the Korean community in Hawaii in the late 1930s, and examines the death of single Koreans and the community’s response to it. At the time, the Korean community in Hawaii had a high proportion of single individuals due to its male-dominated migration structure and gender imbalance. As a result, funeral arrangements and burial for those without family members became an important issue that the community had to address.
The Dongji Hoi Funeral Society, established in 1938, functioned as a form of posthumous insurance by managing members’ funeral procedures and securing a designated burial section at Ocean View Cemetery until its dissolution in 1970. Although the society was founded on the principle of mutual aid, it also revealed the socio-economic disparities within the Dongji Hoi. At the time, the Funeral Society was widely perceived as an organization primarily joined by elderly single individuals who had difficulty affording funeral expenses. The Ocean View Cemetery section designated for the society’s members was located in a burial ground where socially and economically marginalized groups in Hawaii—particularly single individuals and the poor—were commonly interred. In fact, many of the single members of the Funeral Society were buried in this cemetery. This arrangement reflected the society’s response to the social and economic realities it faced, while also demonstrating that cemetery space functioned not merely as a burial ground but as a place that reflected the social and economic status of the deceased.
KW - Dongji Hoi;Hosangboo(Funeral Committee);Unmarried Koreans;Ocean View Cemetery;Korean community in Hawaii;death and burial
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YEON Hyo-jin. (2026). The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi. The Review of Korean History, 161, 117-160.
YEON Hyo-jin. 2026, "The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi", The Review of Korean History, no.161, pp.117-160.
YEON Hyo-jin "The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi" The Review of Korean History 161 pp.117-160 (2026) : 117.
YEON Hyo-jin. The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi. 2026; 161 : 117-160.
YEON Hyo-jin. "The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi" The Review of Korean History no.161(2026) : 117-160.
YEON Hyo-jin. The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi. The Review of Korean History, 161, 117-160.
YEON Hyo-jin. The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi. The Review of Korean History. 2026; 161 117-160.
YEON Hyo-jin. The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi. 2026; 161 : 117-160.
YEON Hyo-jin. "The Death of Unmarried Korean Immigrants in Hawaii and Community Responses: The Hosangboo of the Dongji Hoi" The Review of Korean History no.161(2026) : 117-160.
