- Summary
- "Arguably 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."-- Provided by publisher.
- Variant Title
- Military brothels, brutality, and the redress movement
- Series
- Genocide, political violence, human rights
Genocide, political violence, human rights series.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Min, Pyong Gap, 1942- author.
- Published
- New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
- Locale
- Korea
Japan
- Contents
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Introduction : background information about Japanese military sexual slavery and the redress movement for the victims
Theoretical and conceptual frameworks
Enough information, but the issue buried for half century
The emergence of the "comfort women" issue and victims' breaking silence
General information about the comfort women system
Forced mobilization of comfort women
Payments of fees and affectionate relationships
Sexual exploitation, violence, and threats at "comfort stations"
Perils of Korean "comfort women's" homecoming trips
Korean "comfort women's" life in Korea and China
Progress of the redress movement in Korea
Divided responses to the redress movement in Japan
Responses to the redress movement in the United States
Conclusion.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : background information about Japanese military sexual slavery and the redress movement for the victims -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Enough information, but the issue buried for half century -- The emergence of the "comfort women" issue and victims' breaking silence -- General information about the comfort women system -- Forced mobilization of comfort women -- Payments of fees and affectionate relationships -- Sexual exploitation, violence, and threats at "comfort stations" -- Perils of Korean "comfort women's" homecoming trips -- Korean "comfort women's" life in Korea and China -- Progress of the redress movement in Korea -- Divided responses to the redress movement in Japan -- Responses to the redress movement in the United States -- Conclusion.
