| Collection type | Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Kovner, Sarah (Sarah C.), 1973-, author.; |
| Call Number | 306.740952 K88o |
| Document type | Monograph |
| Year | [c2012] |
| Pagination | xi, 226 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Publisher | Stanford University Press, |
| Note | Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index. |
| Place made | Stanford, California : |
Occupying power : sex workers and servicemen in postwar Japan / Sarah Kovner.
Abstract
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 prostitu tion 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.
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