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 Sherman Library  DS777.533.W65 Q58 2014    AVAILABLE  
Author Qiu, Peipei, 1954-
Title Chinese comfort women : testimonies from imperial Japan's sex slaves / Peipei Qiu, with Su Zhiliang and Chen Lifei.
OCLC 872654047
ISBN 9780199373895 (paperback)
0199373892 (paperback)
9780774825443 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0774825448 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Description xx, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
LC Subject heading/s Comfort women -- China -- History.
Comfort women -- China -- Biography.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Women -- China.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Atrocities.
Japanese -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Soldiers -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Crimes against -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Abduction -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Prostitution -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Sex crimes -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-239) and index.
Contents Japan's aggressive war and the military "comfort women" system -- The mass abduction of Chinese women -- Different types of military "comfort stations" in China -- Crimes fostered by the "comfort women" system -- Eastern coastal region -- Warzones in central and northern China -- Southern China frontlines -- Wounds that do not heal -- The redress movement -- Litigation on the part of Chinese survivors -- International support -- Epilogue.
Summary From 1932 to 1945, 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. This volume features the personal narratives of twelve women who were kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery. These narratives, combined with the testimonies of witnesses, investigative reports, and local histories, help tell the full story of these women, from their lives before the war to their enslavement and postwar struggles. The first account of its kind in English, Chinese Comfort Women exposes the fill extent of the injustices suffered by these women and the conditions that caused them.
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