Comfort Women Novel

An english translation of kim soom s 2016 novel han myong one person the first south korean novel centered on so called comfort women forced to work in japanese wartime brothels has been released this month as the issue continues to cast a shadow on bilateral relations.

Comfort women novel. The name comfort women is a translation of the japanese ianfu 慰安婦 a euphemism for prostitute s. Known as comfort women their story is an often understated tragedy of the war that continues to strike debate. Kim s novel translated under the.

Comfort women is the japanese imperial government s euphemism for the women and children they trafficked as sex slaves between 1932 and 1945 until the end of world war ii. Comfort woman is the story of akiko a korean refugee of world war ii and beccah her daughter by an american missionary. The novel explores the harrowing history of comfort women the tens of thousands of women subjected to forced prostitution by the imperial japanese army between 1932 and 1945.

New york an english translation of kim soom s 2016 novel han myong one person the first south korean novel centered on so called comfort women those who suffered under japan s military. Mary lynn bracht s novel examines the impact on families and south korean society of japanese troops abducting women and subjecting them to sexual slavery in wartime ensuring they are not. Possessing a wisdom and maturity rarely found in a first novelist korean american writer nora okja keller tells a heartwrenching and enthralling tale in this her literary debut.

A good first step in the historiography both of the comfort women and efforts hold the japanese government accountable. A very deliberate prosecutorial puncturing of the japanese government s denial of its role in sexual slavery throughout asia during wwii. The women in these comfort stations were forced into sexual enslavement and moved around the region as japanese aggression increased.

Comfort women were mainly women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the imperial japanese army in occupied countries and territories before and during world war ii and the earlier program of voluntary prostitution.