Occupying power sex workers and servicemen in postwar Japan / Sarah Kovner.

Author/creator Kovner, Sarah, 1973-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford University Press,
Descriptionxi, 226 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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SeriesStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. ^A593434
Contents Introduction : a special business -- "To transship them to some suitable island" : making policy in the midst of chaos -- Violence, commerce, marriage -- When flesh glittered : selling sex in Sasebo and Tokyo -- Legislating women : the push for a prostitution prevention law -- The high politics of base pleasures : regulating morality for the postwar era -- The presence of the past : controversies over sex work since 1956 -- Conclusion : beyond victimhood.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011014086
ISBN9780804776912 (cloth : acid-free paper)

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