Ianfu, the comfort women of the Japanese Imperial Army of the Pacific War : broken silence / David Andrew Schmidt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, David A., 1967-

Series:

Japanese studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 10.

Japanese studies ; vol. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comfort women--Korea--History.

Comfort women.

Comfort women--Legal status, laws, etc.

History.

Korea.

Comfort women--Legal status, laws, etc--History.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

Atrocities.

Physical Description:

vi, 218 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2000]

Contents:

I. The Setting 1

II. Shadow & Light 7

I. The Issue 11

II. South Korea's call for an apology, 1990 21

I. The Japanese government is officially sued, December 1991 27

I. The Japanese government admits a role in the ianfu issue in the face of overwhelming evidence, July 1992 47

I. Japan's annexation of Korea, 1910-1945, and the road to war 75

II. Forced Labor 80

III. Implementation of the ianfu system 86

IV. Prostitutes and Prostitution in Japan before World War II 95

V. War and the Abuse of Women 109

I. Today's Memories-Scars that Never Heal 117

II. Testimony of former ianfu 119

III. Testimony of former Imperial Army soldiers 152

IV. Testimony of former United States soldiers 157

I. Prospects for the Future 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index.

ISBN:

0773478256

OCLC:

42641673