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Comfort woman : a Filipina's story of prostitution and slavery under the Japanese military / Maria Rosa Henson ; introduction by Yuki Tanaka ; foreword by Cynthia Enloe.
Van Pelt Library D810.C698 H47 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henson, Maria Rosa, 1927-1997, author.
- Tanaka, Yukiko, author of introduction.
- Enloe, Cynthia H., 1938- author of foreword.
- Series:
- Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
- Asian voices
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henson, Maria Rosa, 1927-1997.
- Henson, Maria Rosa.
- Comfort women--Philippines--Biography.
- Comfort women.
- Women.
- Atrocities.
- Prostitution.
- History.
- Philippines.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--Philippines--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Prostitution--Philippines--History.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Asia.
- Women--Philippines--Biography.
- Asia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 108 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
- 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. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 My Mother, Julia 1
- 2 My Childhood 13
- 3 The War Begins 23
- 4 Comfort Woman 39
- 5 Pain and Recovery 57
- 6 My Married Life 69
- 7 Single Mother 87
- 8 Going Public 93.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781442273559
- 1442273550
- OCLC:
- 961183366
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