Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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Alphabetical Index

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Chronological Index

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Geographical Index

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Start: Topical Index: Victims: Reactions: Narratives: 20th Century and 21st Century:

Victims: Narratives:
"COMFORT WOMEN" NARRATIVES

I n f o r m a t i o n

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K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20th Century, 21st Century

II. Geographical Index: Asian History: Chinese History, Indonesian History, Japanese History, Korean History, Philippine History

III. Topical Index: Types: Forced Prostitution: "Comfort Women" System; Wartime Sexual Violence: Asia-Pacific War


B i b l i o g r a p h y

General

I. Author Index

[Info] Kmieć, Julia. Historia kobiet pocieszycielek z II wojny światowej: realia ofiar, skutki psychologiczne i społeczne. Prace licencjackie, Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, 2025.

[Info] Sarkar, Sanchali. »Wartime Rape: The Figures of the ‘Birangana’ and the ‘Comfort Woman’.« Marginal Narratives and the Question of Human Rights in Asian Pacific Literature. Edited by Sk Sagir Ali et al. Singapore 2024: 51-62.

II. Speaker Index

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Chinese "Comfort Women"

1. Primary Sources

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2. Secondary Sources

I. Author Index

[Info] Qiu, Peipei, et al. Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan's Sex Slaves. Vancouver 2013.

[Info] Qiu, Peipei, et al. Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan's Sex Slaves. Hong Kong 2014.

[Info] Qiu, Peipei, et al. Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan's Sex Slaves. Oxford 2014.

II. Speaker Index

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Indonesian "Comfort Women"

1. Primary Sources

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2. Secondary Sources

I. Author Index

[Info] Bhattacharjee, Bhaswati. »The Muffled Memories: Tracing the Traumatic History of the Comfort Women of World War II through Jan Ruff O’Herne’s Memoir Fifty Years of SilenceBetween Trauma and Memory: Reflections Beyond Boundaries. Edited by Neha Soman et al. Singapore 2025: 3-16.

[Info] Verma, Khushboo, et al. »“Was There Any Martyrdom Worse Than This?”: Literary and Television Representations of “Comfort Women” of World War II.« Literature & Aesthetics 34 (2024): 127-136.

II. Speaker Index

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Japanese "Comfort Women"

1. Primary Sources

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2. Secondary Sources

I. Author Index

[Info] Tsukamoto, Sachiyo. »Silenced narratives of ‘comfort women’: Japanese women as gendered imperial subjects.« Women's History Review (April 28, 2025).

II. Speaker Index

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Korean "Comfort Women"

1. Primary Sources

[Info] Ha, Sunnyo. »I Would Rather Die.« True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. Edited by Keith Howard. London 1995: 58-64.

[Info] Howard, Keith, ed. True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. London 1995.

[Info] Oh, Omok. »I Thought I Was Going to a Textile Factory.« True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. Edited by Keith Howard. London 1995: 65-69.

[Info] Research Team of the War & Women’s Human Rights Center, ed. Stories That Make History: The Experience and Memories of the Japanese Military Comfort Girls-Women. Berlin 2020.

[Info] Yi, Okpun. »Taken Away at Twelve.« True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. Edited by Keith Howard. London 1995: 95-103.

[Info] Yi, Sangok. »I Came Home, But Lost My Family.« True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. Edited by Keith Howard. London 1995: 124-133.

[Info] Yi, Sunok. »It Makes Me Sad That I Can't Have Children.« True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. Edited by Keith Howard. London 1995: 115-123.

[Info] Yi, Tŭngnam »Wandering around Manchuria, China and Sumatra.« True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. Edited by Keith Howard. London 1995: 134-142.

[Info] Yi, Yongnyŏ. »I Thought I Would Die.« True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. Edited by Keith Howard. London 1995: 143-150.

[Info] Yi, Yongsu. »Return My Youth to Me.« True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. Edited by Keith Howard. London 1995: 88-94.

[Info] Yi, Yŏngsuk. »I Will No Longer Harbour Resentment.« True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. Edited by Keith Howard. London 1995: 50-57.

[Info] Yun, Turi. »Shut Away Close to Home.« True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women: Testimonies. Edited by Keith Howard. London 1995: 185-192.


2. Secondary Sources

I. Author Index

[Info] Kim, Myung-Hye. »Narrative Darstellung und Produktion von Wissen. Erzählungen koreanischer Frauen, die das System sexueller Versklavung durch die japanische Armee überlebt haben, 1933-1945.« Krieg und Geschlecht. Sexuelle Gewalt im Krieg und Sex-Zwangsarbeit in NS-Konzentrationslagern. Edited by Insa Eschebach et al. Berlin 2008: 187-205.

[Info] Kimura, Maki. Listening to voices. Testimonies of "comfort women" of the Second World War. London 2003.

[Info] Kimura, Maki. Modernity, testimonies, and women’s agency. The issue of "comfort women" of the Second World War. Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2003.

[Info] Kimura, Maki. »Narrative as a site of subject construction. The ‘comfort women’ debate.« Feminist theory 9 (2008): 5-24.

[Info] Lee, Jaeyeon. »Digital hauntology: The Heeum Museum’s VR exhibition and the ghostly testimonies of Japanese military ‘comfort women’.« Social & Cultural Geography (October 2, 2025).

[Info] Lee, Sun H. Ilponkun wianpu sengchoncha chung?n ui bangpopnon jok koch’al. M.A. Thesis, Seoul National University, 2002.

[Info] Nam, Subin. »The Forgotten Agent: Focusing on the ‘Comfort Woman’ Bae Bong-gi and her Faded History.« Intentional Invisibilization in Modern Asian History: Concealing and Self-Concealed Agents. Edited by Mònica Ginés-Blasi. Berlin 2025: 73-92.

[Info] Soh, Chunghee S. »In/fertility among Korea’s "comfort women" survivors. A comparative perspective.« Women’s studies international forum 29 (2006): 67-80.

[Info] Thoma, Pamela. »Cultural Autobiography, Testimonial, and Asian American Transnational Feminist Coalition in the "Comfort Women of World War II" Conference.« Frontiers 21 (2000): 20-54.

[Info] Thoma, Pamela. »Cultural Autobiography, Testimonial, and Asian American Transnational Feminist Coalition in the "Comfort Women of World War II" Conference.« Asian American Women: The Frontiers Reader. Edited by Linda T. Võ et al. Lincoln 2004: 150-177.

[Info] Yang, Hyunah. »Finding the "Map of Memory": Testimony of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Survivors.« positions 16 (2008): 79-107.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Ahn, Yonson. »(Auto)-Biographien von koreanischen "Comfort Women".« National Conference on Autobiographies. Warwick 1997.

[Info] Li, Lin. »Becoming Vocal: Politicizing the Voices of “Comfort Women”.« 138th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. New York 2025.

[Info] Thoma, Pamela. »Cultural Autobiography, Testimonial, and Asian American Transnational Feminist Coalition in the Comfort Women of World War II Conference.« National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference. Albuquerque 1999.

[Info] Thoma, Pamela. »Cultural Autobiography, Testimonial, and Asian American Transnational Feminist Coalition in the Comfort Women of World War II Conference.« Association for Asian American Studies Conference. Phoenix 2000.

[Info] Yang, Hyunah. »Korean »Military Comfort Women« in Their Own Voices: Experiences of the »Testimony Team«: The Question of Truth and Positionality.« Women´s Bodies as Battlefields - Sexual Violence against Women in Wartime. Hamburg 2001.

[Info] Yang, Hyunah. »Finding 'the Map of Memory': Testimonies of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Survivors.« East Asian Studies Program, Emory University. Atlanta 2007.

[Info] Yang, Hyunah. »Significance of Testimonies of the Victim-Survivors of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery (JMSS) in Korea: "Trans-Pacific Translation".« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Seattle 2024.


Philippine "Comfort Women"

1. Primary Sources

[Info] Henson, Maria R. Comfort Woman: A Filipina's Story of Prostitution and Slavery under the Japanese Military. Lanham 2017.


2. Secondary Sources

I. Author Index

[Info] Aquino, Catherine L. »‘To remember everything, to remember always’: The writing of trauma as working through in Maria Rosa Henson’s Comfort Woman: Slave of DestinyWomen's History Review (April 29, 2025).

[Info] Candelaria, John L., et al. »The Filipino comfort women on YouTube: Emotions, advocacy, and war memories in a transnational digital space.« Memory Studies (June 10, 2024).

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Salman, Michael. »Suppression, Repression, and Eruption of Dangerous Histories: The Comfort Woman Narrative of Maria Rosa Henson, "Slave of Destiny".« Annual Meeting of the Association for Asia Studies. Philadelphia 2010.