Korean "Comfort Women": Military Brothels, Brutality, and the Redress Movement (Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights)

Synopsis

Arguably the most brutal crime committed by the Japanese military during the Asia-Pacific war was the forced mobilization of 50,000 to 200,000 Asian women to military brothels to sexually serve Japanese soldiers. The majority of these women died, unable to survive the ordeal. Those survivors who came back home kept silent about their brutal experiences for about fifty years. In the late 1980s, the women’s movement in South Korea helped start the redress movement for the victims, encouraging many survivors to come forward to tell what happened to them. With these testimonies, the redress movement gained strong support from the UN, the United States, and other Western countries. Korean “Comfort Women” synthesizes the previous major findings about Japanese military sexual slavery and legal recommendations, and provides new findings about the issues “comfort women” faced for an English-language audience. It also examines the transnational redress movement, revealing that the Japanese government has tried to conceal the crime of sexual slavery and to resolve the women’s human rights issue with diplomacy and economic power.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

324 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781978814981

Related ISBNs:

9781978814967, 9781978814974

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press

Date of Addition:

03/26/21

Copyrighted By:

Pyong Gap Min

Adult content:

Yes

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Military, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government

Grade Levels:

College Freshman

Reading Age:

18 and up

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.