ISBN:
9781137392510
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (320 p, online resource)
Series Statement:
Genders and Sexualities in History
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg.
Keywords:
History
;
History, Modern
;
Japan History
;
World War, 1939-1945
;
Asia—History.
;
Social history.
;
History
;
History, Modern
;
Japan History
;
World War, 1939-1945
Abstract:
1. A Question of History -- 2. The Struggle Against Ultra-Nationalism and the Entrapment Of Orientalism -- 3. Modernity, Evil and Violence -- 4. The Origin of the ‘Comfort Women’ System -- 5. Reading the Testimonies -- 6. Listening to Women’s Voices -- 7. Representation and its Limits -- 8. Women’s Agency: From Social Stigma to Survivor-Activists -- 9. Bearing Witness to Unshareable Pain -- Bibliography .
Abstract:
This study offers a fresh perspective on the 'comfort women' debates. It argues that the system can be understood as the mechanism of the intersectional oppression of gender, race, class and colonialism, while illuminating the importance of testimonies of victim-survivors as the site where women recover and gain their voices and agencies.
Description / Table of Contents:
1. A Question of History2. The Struggle Against Ultra-Nationalism and the Entrapment Of Orientalism -- 3. Modernity, Evil and Violence -- 4. The Origin of the ‘Comfort Women’ System -- 5. Reading the Testimonies -- 6. Listening to Women’s Voices -- 7. Representation and its Limits -- 8. Women’s Agency: From Social Stigma to Survivor-Activists -- 9. Bearing Witness to Unshareable Pain -- Bibliography .
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
DOI:
10.1057/9781137392510
URL:
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