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Author Tanaka, Toshiyuki, 1949-

Title Japan's comfort women : sexual slavery and prostitution during World War II and the US occupation / Yuki Tanaka
Published New York : Routledge, 2001

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Description xix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Asia's transformations
Asia's transformations.
Contents 1. The origins of the comfort women system. The initial establishment of comfort stations. A rapid increase in comfort stations after the "Rape of Nanjing" The organizational structure of the comfort women system. Why comfort women? -- 2. Procurement of comfort women and their lives as sexual slaves. The colonization of Korea and the growth of the prostitution industry. Procurement of Korean and Taiwanese women. Procurement of women in China and the Philippines. Life as a comfort woman -- 3. Comfort women in the Dutch East Indies. Japan's invasion of the Dutch East Indies and military violence against women. Exploitation of existing prostitutes by the Japanese troops. Procurement of Dutch women. Enforced prostitution at comfort stations in Semarang. The Dutch military authorities' indifference towards Indonesian comfort women -- 4. Why did the US forces ignore the comfort women issue? US military indifference towards comfort women. US military policies on the prevention of venereal disease in World War II. The Brumfield Report and military-controlled prostitution. Military prostitution in the Caribbean, Australia and elsewhere. Criticism, cover-up and a change in the War Department's attitude -- 5. Sexual violence committed by the Allied occupation forces against Japanese women: 1945-1946. Sexual violence prior to the Allied occupation of Japan. Fear and confusion before the landing of the Allied occupation forces. Official reports on sexual violence committed by the occupation forces against Japanese women. Testimonies of victims of sexual violence committed by the occupation troops -- 6. Japanese comfort women for the Allied occupation forces. The Japanese government creates a comfort women system for the occupation forces. The Recreation and Amusement Association. Occupation policies and the spread of prostitution. VD problems and the failure of GHQ's VD prevention policies. From karayuki-san to comfort woman -- Sexual slavery, social death, and military violence -- Imperialism, the patriarchal state, and the control of sexuality.nds / Ma
Analysis Giappone Storia Occupazione americana 1945-1952
Prostituzione Giappone 1945-1952
Notes Title from e-book title screen (viewed October 16, 2007)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Soldiers -- Sexual behavior -- Japan.
Soldiers -- Sexual behavior -- United States.
Comfort women -- Asia.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Asia.
SUBJECT Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069508
Author MyiLibrary.
LC no. 2001048307
ISBN 9780415194006 hardback
9780415194013 paperback
0415194008 :
0415194016 paperback
Other Titles Japan's comfort women : sexual slavery & prostitution during World War II & the US occupation