The Comfort Women by Naoko, Kumagai - 2016-01-01

International House of Japan, 2016. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Tokyo: LTCB International Library Trust/International House of Japan, 2016. Hardcover. As New; Fine/Fine. Reddish boards with bw illus. and white lettering. Nearly identical dj. xi, 299 pp. with occasional bw images. This book is an English translation of Ianfu mondai, originally published by Chikuma Shobo (2014); translated by David Noble. "The ‘Comfort Women' remain a contentious issue especially between Japan and South Korea. This book, which looks soberly at the various perspectives of the problem, is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the issue. Kumagai Naoko first sets out the ‘points of contention' and goes on to discuss the facts that can be firmly established. She asks ‘how much free will did the comfort women have' and the extent of coercion exercised by the Japanese military authorities. She looks at the problem in the context of sexual violence in war and occupation. She also considers the historical background and officially licensed prostitution in Japan. In Chapter… Read More

Hardcover. New.