Occupying Power - Sex Workers and Servicemen in Postwar Japan

Zusatztext "Sarah Kovner has tackled a delicate subject with tact, thoughtfulness, and academic rigor. Her important book will be of great interest not just to specialists in Japanese history, but to anyone interested in the consequences of war, occupation, and indeed human relations across cultures." Informationen zum Autor Sarah Kovner is Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Florida. Klappentext Ordinary women helped restart Japan's postwar recovery by selling sex to Allied servicemen, but they were sacrificed as symbols of national shame by a country that has yet to recover full sovereignty. Zusammenfassung Ordinary women helped restart Japan's postwar recovery by selling sex to Allied servicemen, but they were sacrificed as symbols of national shame by a country that has yet to recover full sovereignty.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Kovner, Kovner Sarah
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.02.2012
• EAN: 9780804776912
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7691-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous