Chinese comfort women : testimonies from imperial Japan's sex slaves / Peipei Qiu, with Su Zhiliang and Chen Lifei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Qiu, Peipei, author.

Zhiliang, Su, author.

Lifei, Chen, author.

Series:

Oxford Oral History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comfort women--China--History--Sources.

Comfort women.

Service, Compulsory non-military--Japan--History--Sources.

Service, Compulsory non-military.

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese.

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Chinese.

World War, 1939-1945.

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Women--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

During the Asia-Pacific War, the Japanese military forced hundreds of thousands of women across Asia into ""comfort stations"" where they were repeatedly raped and tortured. Japanese imperial forces claimed they recruited women to join these stations in order to prevent the mass rape of local women and the spread of venereal disease among soldiers. In reality, these women were kidnapped and coerced into sexual slavery. Comfort stations institutionalized rape, and these ""comfort women"" were subjected to atrocities that have only recently become the subject of international debate. Chinese Com

Contents:

Cover; Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan's Sex Slaves; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chinese Comfort Women; Introduction; English Publications of the Survivors' Narratives; Key Debates; Untold Stories; New Research in China; The Contribution of this Book; Structure; Source Materials; PART 1: The War Remembered; 1: Japan's Aggressive War and the Military "Comfort Women" System; 2: The Mass Abduction of Chinese Women; 3: Different Types of Military "Comfort Stations" in China

4: Crimes Fostered by the "Comfort Women" SystemRoom; Food; Clothing; Medical Conditions; Sexual Slavery and Torture; Surveillance and Escape; Death and Suicide; PART 2: The Survivors' Voices; 5: Eastern Coastal Region; Lei Guiying; Zhou Fenying; Zhu Qiaomei; Lu Xiuzhen; 6: Warzones in Central and Northern China; Yuan Zhulin; Tan Yuhua; Yin Yulin; Wan Aihua; 7: Southern China Frontlines; Huang Youliang; Chen Yabian; Lin Yajin; Li Lianchun; PART 3: The Postwar Struggles; 8: Wounds That Do Not Heal; 9: The Redress Movement; 10: Litigation on the Part of Chinese Survivors

The First Lawsuit Brought Forward by Former Chinese Comfort WomenThe Second Lawsuit; The Third Lawsuit; The Fourth Lawsuit; 11: International Support; Epilogue; Notes; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Japan's Aggressive War and the Military "Comfort Women" System; Chapter 2: The Mass Abduction of Chinese Women; Chapter 3: Different Types of Military "Comfort Stations" in China; Chapter 4: Crimes Fostered by the "Comfort Women" System; PART 2: THE SURVIVORS' VOICES; Chapter 5: Eastern Coastal Region; Chapter 6: Warzones in Central and Northern China; Chapter 7: Southern China Frontlines

Chapter 8: Wounds That Do Not HealChapter 9: The Redress Movement; Chapter 10: Litigation on the Part of Chinese Survivors; Chapter 11: International Support; Epilogue; Bibliography; Newspapers; Internet Resources; Books and Articles; Index; THE OXFORD ORAL HISTORY SERIES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 17, 2014).

ISBN:

0-19-937390-6