04654oam 2200661 450 991055421560332120230630000413.01-9788-1500-X10.36019/9781978815001(CKB)4100000011773053(MiAaPQ)EBC6478445(DE-B1597)590641(OCoLC)1237558411(DE-B1597)9781978815001(EXLCZ)99410000001177305320210701d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierKorean "comfort women" military brothels, brutality, and the redress movement /Pyong Gap MinNew Brunswick, New Jersey :Rutgers University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (325 pages) illustrationsGenocide, Political Violence, Human Rights1-9788-1497-6 9781978814967 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Introduction: Background Information about Japanese Military Sexual Slavery and the Redress Movement for the Victims -- Chapter 1 Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks -- Chapter 2 Enough Information, but the Issue Was Buried for Half a Century -- Chapter 3 The Emergence of the “Comfort Women” Issue and Victims’ Breaking Silence -- Chapter 4 General Information about the “Comfort Women” System -- Chapter 5 Forced Mobilization of “Comfort Women” -- Chapter 6 Payments of Fees and Affectionate Relationships -- Chapter 7 Sexual Exploitation, Violence, and Threats at “Comfort Stations” -- Chapter 8 The Perils of Korean “Comfort Women’s” Homecoming Trips -- Chapter 9 Korean “Comfort Women’s” Lives in Korea and China -- Chapter 10 Progress of the Redress Movement in Korea -- Chapter 11 Divided Responses to the Redress Movement in Japan -- Chapter 12 Responses to the Redress Movement in the United States -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the AuthorArguably the most brutal crime committed by the Japanese military during the Asia-Pacific war was the forced mobilization of 50,000 to 200,000 Asian women to military brothels to sexually serve Japanese soldiers. The majority of these women died, unable to survive the ordeal. Those survivors who came back home kept silent about their brutal experiences for about fifty years. In the late 1980s, the women’s movement in South Korea helped start the redress movement for the victims, encouraging many survivors to come forward to tell what happened to them. With these testimonies, the redress movement gained strong support from the UN, the United States, and other Western countries. Korean “Comfort Women” synthesizes the previous major findings about Japanese military sexual slavery and legal recommendations, and provides new findings about the issues “comfort women” faced for an English-language audience. It also examines the transnational redress movement, revealing that the Japanese government has tried to conceal the crime of sexual slavery and to resolve the women’s human rights issue with diplomacy and economic power.Military brothels, brutality, and the redress movementWorld War, 1939-1945WomenKoreaWorld War, 1939-1945AtrocitiesKoreaWomen and warKorea20th centuryWomenCrimes againstKoreaComfort womenKoreaHistorySexual abuse victimsKoreaService, Compulsory non-militaryJapanReparations for historical injusticesGenocide, Politics, Political Violence, Human Rights, Gender Role, Military, Movements, Korea, Brutality, Sexual Slavery, Redress Movement, U.S., Immigrants, Victims, Exploitation, Japan, Torture, brothels, War crimes.World War, 1939-1945WomenWorld War, 1939-1945AtrocitiesWomen and warWomenCrimes againstComfort womenHistory.Sexual abuse victimsService, Compulsory non-militaryReparations for historical injustices.940.5405Min Pyong Gap1942-1127138MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910554215603321Korean "comfort women"2817949UNINA