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"Comfort Women" and the Political Economy of Erasure in the Philippines.
- Source :
- Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus; 11/3/2023, Vol. 21 Issue 11, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- In this paper, I look into the lesser-known history of "comfort women" in the Philippines. I engage with the following questions: how did the trafficking and sexual exploitation of Filipino women emerge as part of state policy in the Japanese Empire? How was it dealt with in the aftermath of the war, especially in the face of shifting post-war alliances and the changing place of Japan in the geo-politics of the Cold War? How did events in the international arena, in turn, affect diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Japan, specifically with respect to aid and trade? Finally, how did the market forces at play affect state policy in the Philippines? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COMFORT women
SEX crimes
COLD War, 1945-1991
INTERNATIONAL relations
WAR
FILIPINOS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173989211