Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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First published: July 1, 2025 - Last updated: July 1, 2025

TITLE INFORMATION

Author: Anna-Karin Eriksson

Title: Exploiting humiliation

Subtitle: Politics as history in the ‘comfort women’ issue

Journal: Feminist Theory

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Year: 2025 (Published online: June 5, 2025)

Pages: 15 pages (PDF)

pISSN: 1464-7001 - Find a Library: WorldCat | eISSN: 1741-2773 - Find a Library: WorldCat

Language: English

Keywords: Modern History: 20th Century, 21st Century | Asian History: Japanese History | Types: Forced Prostitution / "Comfort Women" System; Types: Wartime Sexual Violence / Asia-Pacific War



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Author: Anna-Karin Eriksson, Institutionen för globala studier (School of Global Studies), Göteborgs universitet (University of Gothenburg) - Google Scholar, ORCID

Abstract: »The state-sponsored military sexual exploitation under the Empire of Japan 1932–1945 is euphemistically referred to as the ‘comfort women’ system. This article suggests that the debates over the contested comfort women issue are organised according to a binary division that juxtaposes one side of the debates against the other side. The article highlights how by bringing both sides of this binary together in one history, the collection of either/or choices prescribed by the competitive organisation of the binary becomes impossible to sustain. The article brings together the representations of the survivors, the claims to historical justice and the attempts to authorise – and un-authorise – the resolution process. By conceptualising a generalised history about exploitation, humiliation and nationalism in which both ‘sides’ of the debates form a part, the article illuminates how the allegedly competitive practices that sustain the structures of oppression de facto complement each other. As a result, the article opens for other experiences and protagonists than those that guide the ahistorical approach to politics that currently informs the debates.« (Source: Feminist Theory)

Contents:
  Abstract (p. 1)
  Introduction (p. 1)
  Exploitation (p. 3)
  Humiliation (p. 6)
  Nationalism (p. 8)
  Conclusions (p. 9)
  Acknowledgements (p. 11)
  Declaration of conflicting interests (p. 11)
  Funding (p. 11)
  Notes (p. 11)
  References (p. 12)

Wikipedia: History of Asia: History of Japan / Shōwa era | Prostitution: Forced prostitution / Comfort women | Sex and the law: Wartime sexual violence / Wartime sexual violence in World War II | War: Pacific War / Japanese war crimes