Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers

A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-century America

Author: Lillian Faderman
ISBN: 9780140171228

Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during World War II by the researcher principally responsible for exposing the Japanese government's responsibility for these atrocities. The large scale imprisonment and rape of thousands of women, who were euphemistically called "comfort women" by the Japanese military, first seized public attention in 1991 when three Korean women filed suit in a Toyko District Court stating that they had been forced into sexual servitude and demanding compensation. Since then the comfort stations and their significance have been the subject of ongoing debate and intense activism in Japan, much if it inspired by Yoshimi's investigations. How large a role did the military, and by extension the government, play in setting up and administering these camps? What type of compensation, if any, are the victimized women due? These issues figure prominently in the current

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publish Date: 1991-01

Subjects: History / Social History, Social Science / Gay Studies, Social Science / Lesbian Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: LGBTQIA+)