Japan's comfort women : sexual slavery and prostitution during World War II and the US occupation / / Yuki Tanaka

• Autore: Tanaka Toshiyuki <1949->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 212 page) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 940.54/05/0922519
• Soggetto topico: Comfort women - Asia; World War, 1939-1945 - Women - Asia; Soldiers - Sexual behavior - Japan; Soldiers - Sexual behavior - United States
• Soggetto geografico: Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-205) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Japan's Comfort Women; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figure and tables; List of plates; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Author's note; Introduction; 1 The origins of the comfort women system; The initial establishment of comfort stations; A rapid increase in comfort stations after the ""Rape of Nanjing""; The organizational structure of the comfort women system; Why comfort women?; 2 Procurement of comfort women and their lives as sexual slaves; The colonization of Korea and the growth of the prostitution industry; Procurement of Korean and Taiwanese women ; Procurement of women in China and the PhilippinesLife as a comfort woman; 3 Comfort women in the Dutch East Indies; Japan's invasion of the Dutch East Indies and military violence against women; Exploitation of existing prostitutes by the Japanese troops; Procurement of Dutch women; Enforced prostitution at comfort stations in Semarang; The Dutch military authorities' indifference towards Indonesian comfort women; 4 Why did the US forces ignore the comfort women issue?; US military indifference towards comfort women; US military policies on the prevention of venereal disease in World War II ; The Brumfield Report and military-controlled prostitutionMilitary prostitution in the Caribbean, Australia and elsewhere; Criticism, cover-up and a change in the War Department's attitude; 5 Sexual violence committed by the Allied occupation forces against Japanese women: 1945-1946; Sexual violence prior to the Allied occupation of Japan; Fear and confusion before the landing of the Allied occupation forces; Official reports on sexual violence committed by the occupation forces against Japanese women; Testimonies of victims of sexual violence committed by the occupation troops ; 6 Japanese comfort women for the Allied occupation forcesThe Japanese government creates a comfort women system for the occupation forces; The Recreation and Amusement Association; Occupation policies and the spread of prostitution; VD problems and the failure of GHQ's VD prevention policies; Epilogue; From karayuki-san to comfort woman; Sexual slavery, social death, and military violence; Imperialism, the patriarchal state, and the control of sexuality; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Japan's comfort women
• ISBN: 1-134-65012-4; 1-280-35481-X; 0-203-30275-3; 0-415-19401-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822464303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asia's transformations.