Politics of Trauma and Integrity - Stories of Japanese 'Comfort Women'

The Politics of Trauma and Integrity uses the lenses of gender and trauma to tell the stories of narratives testified by two contrasting Japanese "comfort women" survivors.

List of contents

Prologue, 1. Introduction: Trauma and Recovery, 2. Conspiracy of Silence in the Post-War Japan, 3. Kikumaru: Between Voice and Silence, 4. Shirota Suzuko: The Victim-Survivor-Activist, 5. The State-Licensed Prostitute as a Dutiful Daughter, 6. "Comfort Women" as a Gendered National Subject, 7. Epilogue, Appendix: Brief Life Stories of Some Japanese "Comfort Women"

About the author

Sachiyo Tsukamoto is Honorary Associate Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is also a volunteer Associate Researcher for the Asia- Pacifi c Peace Museum of ALPHA Education (Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WWII in Asia) based in Toronto, Canada.

Summary

The Politics of Trauma and Integrity uses the lenses of gender and trauma to tell the stories of narratives testified by two contrasting Japanese "comfort women" survivors.

Product details

• Authors: Sachiyo Tsukamoto, Sachiyo (University of Newcastle Tsukamoto
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032067506
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3206750-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Gender in a Global/Local World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Japan, History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Human rights, civil rights