Occupying Power Sex Workers and Servicemen in Postwar Japan |
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| Author:
| Kovner, Sarah |
| Series title: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-8863-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2013 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.