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Occupying Power: Sex Workers and Servicemen in Postwar Japan

By Sarah Kovner

Book information

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780804783460
DOI
10.1515/9780804783460
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4529641 bytes)
Pages
240\241
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-23 13:34:31

Description

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.

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