Japan's comfort women : sexual slavery and prostitution during World War II and the US occupation /
Japan's Comfort Women tells the harrowing story of the ""comfort women"" who were forced to enter prostitution to serve the Japanese Imperial army, often living in appalling conditions of sexual slavery. Using a wide range of primary sources, the author for the first time li...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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Colección: | Asia's transformations.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Japan's Comfort Women tells the harrowing story of the ""comfort women"" who were forced to enter prostitution to serve the Japanese Imperial army, often living in appalling conditions of sexual slavery. Using a wide range of primary sources, the author for the first time links military controlled prostitution with enforced prostitution. He uncovers new and controversial information about the role of the US' occupation forces in military controlled prostitution, as well as the subsequent ""cover-up"" of the existence of such a policy. This groundbreaking book asks why US occupation |
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Notas: | "First published 2002 by Routledge"--Title page verso |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 212 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-205) and index. |
ISBN: | 0203302753 9780203302750 9780415194006 0415194008 9780415194013 0415194016 |