The comfort women : historical, political, legal and moral perspectives / Kumagai Naoko ; transl. by David Noble.
Material type: TextSeries: LTCB international library selection ; no. 38Publication details: Tokyo : International House of Japan, 2016.Description: xi, 229 pages : illustration ; 24 cmISBN:- 9784924971424
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Matheson Library | 305.409 N194 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 159643 |
Includes bibliography and index.
This book clarifies the issue of the comfort women with a comprehensive discussion of the main points of contention, addressing Japan's wartime and postwar responsibility, patterns of military prostitution and sexual violence in Japan and other countries, retributive and restorative justice in ethics and law, women's rights and individual compensation in law and politics, the representation of victims' voices, the meaning of reconciliation, the role of national identity in reflecting the past, and Japan-Korea relations."--Provided by publisher.
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