Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Introduction -- 1. Activists in the Perpetrator State -- 2. History of the Comfort Women Movement -- Part Two: Activist Narratives -- 3. Historical Consciousness -- 4. Listening to Survivors -- 5. Discrimination against Women -- 6. Transnational Feminism -- Part Three: Conclusion -- 7. Feminism against Japan's Military Sexual Violence -- Appendix: Activist Groups and Newsletters -- References
Summary
Comfort Women Activism follows the movement championed by pioneer activists in Japan to demonstrate how their activism has kept a critical interpretation of the atrocities against women committed before and during World War II alive. The book shows how the challenges faced by the activists have evolved from the beginning of their uphill battles all the way to contemporary times. They were able to change social attitudes and get their message across. Yet the ambiguous position of post-World War II Japan's government--which has consistently rejected any sign of guilt over its imperialist past--h
