| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Series |
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University |
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Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; A Note on Names and Nomenclature; Introduction: A Special Business; 1. "To Transship Them to Some Suitable Island": Making Policy in the Midst of Chaos; 2. Violence, Commerce, Marriage; 3. When Flesh Glittered: Selling Sex in Sasebo and Tokyo; 4. Legislating Women: The Push for a Prostitution Prevention Law; 5. The High Politics of Base Pleasures: Regulating Morality for the Postwar Era; 6. The Presence of the Past: Controversies over Sex Work Since 1956; Conclusion: Beyond Victimhood; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The arrival of hundreds of thousands of Allied troops struck Japan like an earthquake, altering both the built environment and the country's psychological landscape. Made especially visible at the time were panpan--streetwalkers--desired by foreign servicemen. Though sex workers became symbols of Japan's diminished status, by earning scarce dollars they helped jumpstart economic recovery. But sex workers who catered to servicemen were a frequent target. They were blamed for increases in venereal disease and for diluting the Japanese race by producing mixed-race offspring. In 1956, newly empowere |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Prostitutes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
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Prostitution -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
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Sex industry -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
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Prostitutes -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Prostitution
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Sex industry
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069508
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780804783460 |
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0804783462 |
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