Maria Rosa Henson

Comfort Woman

A Filipina's Story of Prostitution and Slavery under the Japanese Military

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1943, 15-year-old Maria Rosa Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and forced into prostitution as a "comfort woman." Now with a new introduction and foreword that assess the ongoing controversy over comfort women, her powerful memoir will be essential reading for all those concerned with violence against women.

Produktdetails

• Asian Voices
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9781442273542
• ISBN-10: 1442273542
• Artikelnr.: 45470154

Autorenporträt

By Maria Rosa Henson - Introduction by Yuki Tanaka - Foreword by Cynthia Enloe - Preface by Sheila S. Coronel

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Cynthia Enloe Preface
Sheila S. Coronel
Editor Introduction
Yuki Tanaka Chapter 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