- Summary
- "In April 1943, fifteen-year-old Maria Rosa Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and forced into prostitution as a 'comfort woman.' In this simply told yet powerfully moving autobiography, Rosa recalls her childhood as the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy landowner, her work for Huk guerrillas, her wartime ordeal, and her marriage to a rebel leader who left her to raise their children alone. Her triumph against all odds is embodied by her decision to go public with the secret she had held close for fifty years. Now in a second edition with a new introduction and foreword that bring the ongoing controversy over the comfort women to the present, this powerful memoir will be essential reading for all those concerned with violence against women"--Back cover.
- Variant Title
- Filipina's story of prostitution and slavery under the Japanese military
- Series
- Asian voices
Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Henson, Maria Rosa, 1927-1997, author.
- Published
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
©2017
- Locale
- Philippines
Asia
- Edition
- Second edition
- Contents
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My mother, Julia
My childhood
The war begins
Comfort woman
Pain and recovery
My married life
Single mother
Going public.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Tanaka, Yukiko, writer of introduction.
Enloe, Cynthia H., 1938- writer of foreword.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references.
My mother, Julia -- My childhood -- The war begins -- Comfort woman -- Pain and recovery -- My married life -- Single mother -- Going public.
