Non-Western Colonization, Orientalism, and the Comfort Women - The Collective Memory of Sexual Slavery Under the Japanese Imperial

Non-Western Colonization, Orientalism, and the Comfort Women examines the collective memory of sexual slavery under the Japanese Imperial Military, a topic euphemistically known as the "comfort women." Examining various artifacts in Japan over the past decades, the author argues that Korean women were exoticized similarly to "Orientals" by Western Orientalists.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction: Collective Memories of Sexual Slavery under the Japanese Imperial Military
Chapter 2 - The Memories of Sexual Slavery in Japan from 1945 to the 1960s: Romantic Stories of Forbidden Love
Chapter 3 - The Memories of Sexual Slavery in Japan from the 1970s to 1990: Japanese War Guilt, Victims, and Romanticized Memories
Chapter 4 - The Memories of Sexual Slavery from 1991 to 2015: Nationalist Memories
Chapter 5 - The Memories of Sexual Slavery from 1991 to 2015: Progressive Memories
Chapter 6 - The Memories of Sexual Slavery in Japan from 2015 to the Present: The 2015 Bilateral Agreement and 'Comfort Women' Statues
Chapter 7 - Reflections on Memories of Sexual Slavery in Japan and South Korea

About the author

Ako Inuzuka is associate professor of communication at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

Product details

• Authors: Ako Inuzuka
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781498598378
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9837-8
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Prostitution & Sex Trade, Social issues & processes, Language: reference & general, Asian History, Society and culture: general, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Sexual Behaviour, Sex & sexuality, social aspects