Comfort Woman (eBook)
144 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7356-6 (ISBN)
From Comfort Woman:';We began the day with breakfast, after which we swept and cleaned our rooms. Then we went to the bathroom downstairs to wash the only dress we had and to bathe. The bathroom did not even have a door, so the soldiers watched us. We were all naked, and they laughed at us, especially me and the other young girl who did not have any pubic hair. ';At two, the soldiers came. My work began, and I lay down as one by one the soldiers raped me. Every day, anywhere from twelve to over twenty soldiers assaulted me. There were times when there were as many as thirty; they came to the garrison in truckloads.' ';I lay on the bed with my knees up and my feet on the mat, as if I were giving birth. Whenever the soldiers did not feel satisfied, they vented their anger on me. Every day, there were incidents of violence and humiliation. When the soldiers raped me, I felt like a pig. Sometimes they tied up my right leg with a waist band or a belt and hung it on a nail in the wall as they violated me. ';I shook all over. I felt my blood turn white. I heard that there was a group called the Task Force on Filipino Comfort Women looking for women like me. I could not forget the words that blared out of the radio that day: Dont be ashamed, being a sex slave is not your fault. It is the responsibility of the Japanese Imperial Army. Stand up and fight for your rights.' In April 1943, fifteen-year-old Maria Rosa Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and forced into prostitution as a ';comfort woman.' In this simply told yet powerfully moving autobiography, Rosa recalls her childhood as the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy landowner, her work for Huk guerrillas, her wartime ordeal, and her marriage to a rebel leader who left her to raise their children alone. Her triumph against all odds is embodied by her decision to go public with the secret she had held close for fifty years. Now in a second edition with a new introduction and foreword that bring the ongoing controversy over the comfort women to the present, this powerful memoir will be essential reading for all those concerned with violence against women.
Maria Rosa Henson, 1928–1996, was the first comfort woman to go public with her story in 1992 and fought actively until her death for justice and reparations from the Japanese government.Yuki Tanaka was research professor at the Hiroshima Peace Institute of Hiroshima City University until his retirement in 2015.Cynthia Enloe is research professor in the Department of International Development, Community, and Social Change and the Department of Women’s Studies at Clark University.
Foreword, Cynthia EnloePreface, Sheila S. Coronel, EditorIntroduction, Yuki TanakaChapter 1 My Mother, Julia Chapter 2 My Childhood Chapter 3 The War Begins Chapter 4 Comfort Woman Chapter 5 Pain and Recovery Chapter 6 My Married Life Chapter 7 Single Mother Chapter 8 Going Public Chronology
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.9.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Asian Voices |
Einführung | Yuki Tanaka |
Vorwort | Sheila S. Coronel, Cynthia Enloe |
Zusatzinfo | 27 Illustrations including: - 23 Black & White Illustrations; - 4 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs. |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
Schlagworte | Asian Studies • Comfort Women • Japan Studies • Philippines • Women's history |
ISBN-10 | 1-4422-7356-9 / 1442273569 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4422-7356-6 / 9781442273566 |
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