"Comfort stations" as remembered by Okinawans during World War II /

"Comfort stations" as remembered by Okinawans during World War II / / by Hong Yunshin ; translated and edited by Robert Ricketts.

"Okinawa, the only Japanese prefecture invaded by US forces in 1945, was forced to accommodate 146 "military comfort stations" from 1941-45. How did Okinawans view these intrusive spaces and their impact on regional society? Interviews, survivor testimonies, and archival documents sho...

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Superior document:International Comparative Social Studies ; Volume 44
VerfasserIn:
Yunshin, Hong,
TeilnehmendeR:
Ricketts, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:International comparative social studies ; Volume 44.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:"This book was first published in 2016 as Okinawa Senjō no Kioku to "Ianjo" by Inpakuto Shuppankai, Tokyo, ISBN 9784755402593. The English translation is an abridged version of the Japanese original publication."
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Capital and Comfort Stations
  • The Daitō Islands: Comfort Stations in a Plantation Society
  • Part 2: Comfort Stations Move into the Villages
  • The Okinawan War and the Comfort Stations: An Overview (1944-45)
  • Iejima Airfield and Its Comfort Stations
  • Springboard for Invasion: Yomitan Airfield and Its Comfort Stations
  • Kadena Airfield: From Auxiliary Airstrip to "Keystone of the Pacific"
  • South-Central Okinawa: Bloody Battlegrounds, Unfinished Airbases,and Comfort Stations
  • Part 3: Comfort Stations on Islands "Invaded" and "Not Invaded"
  • The Comfort Stations of Northern Okinawa
  • Premonitions of a Ground War and the Fear of Rape
  • Another Face of War: Miyakojima and the Battle against Hunger
  • Epilogue: "Comfort Stations" as Sites of Remembrance.

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