Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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Start: Topical Index: Victims: Reactions: Narratives: Century:

Victims: Reactions: Narratives:
COMFORT WOMEN NARRATIVES

Types: Forced Prostitution: "Comfort Women"; Wartime Sexual Violence: Asia-Pacific War


Primary Sources

Korean "Comfort Women"

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

[Info] Yi, Yongny?. »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, Y?ngsuk. »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.


Philippine "Comfort Women"

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


Secondary Sources

Chinese "Comfort Women"

[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.


Korean "Comfort Women"

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

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

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

[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"

[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).

[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.