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.

Sommario

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"

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sachiyo Tsukamoto, Sachiyo (University of Newcastle Tsukamoto
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032067506
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3206750-6
• Pagine: 184
• Serie: Gender in a Global/Local World
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; 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