Who are the Ianfu (Comfort Women)?

The aim of this article is to understand who the Ianfu are via a social-historical and socio-cultural study. I set out to contextualise the reality of the women’s lives as Ianfu and as surviving Ianfu through the inclusion of recollections of former Korean Ianfu and official histories. Who are the I...

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Main Author: Kirsten Orreill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2008-12-01
Series:New Voices
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Online Access:http://newvoices.org.au/volume-2/who-are-the-ianfu-comfort-women/