ISBN:
978-1-138-04871-3
Language:
English
Pages:
xix, 267 Seiten :
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Illustrationen.
Series Statement:
Asia's transformations 52
Series Statement:
Asia's transformations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
World War (1939-1945)
;
Asia
;
1939-1945
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Geschichte 1991-
;
Comfort women / Asia
;
Comfort women / Legal status, laws, etc / Asia
;
World War, 1939-1945 / Women / Asia
;
Comfort women
;
Comfort women / Legal status, laws, etc
;
Women
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis.
;
Politik.
;
Zwangsprostituierte.
;
Japanisch-Chinesischer Krieg
;
Zwangsprostitution.
;
Japan.
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Politik
;
Zwangsprostituierte
;
Geschichte 1991-
;
Japanisch-Chinesischer Krieg
;
Zwangsprostitution
Abstract:
Utilising archival research, court testimonies and eyewitness accounts of both survivors and military and civilian personnel, this book argues its case in three ways. Part I analyses the modalities of coercion employed by the authorities and investigates the historical differences and continuities between licensed peacetime prostitution and wartime sexual slavery. Part II then examines the failures of the Asian Women's Fund to resolve the 'comfort women' issue, whilst Part III explores the removal of 'comfort women' content from school history texts after the late 1990s and details Japan's diplomatic efforts to prevent war victims from suing the post-war state. Presenting a strong argument in opposition to the revisionist school of thought, this book ultimately concludes that a realistic settlement would see a victim-oriented solution that the survivors can accept. -- Website
Description / Table of Contents:
Comfort women, the Kōno statement, and the quest for truth -- Why the Asian Women's Fund was not a solution -- A realistic settlement is a settlement that victimized women can accept
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