scholarly journals Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma: Psychiatric Evaluation of Offspring of Former “Comfort Women,” Survivors of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery during World War II

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeewon Lee ◽  
Young-Sook Kwak ◽  
Yoon-Jung Kim ◽  
Eun-Ji Kim ◽  
E Jin Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Women Survivors ◽  
Psychiatric Evaluation ◽  
Comfort Women ◽  
World War ◽  
Sexual Slavery ◽  
Transgenerational Transmission ◽  
Japanese Military ◽  
Transmission Of Trauma ◽  
Transgenerational Transmission Of Trauma

scholarly journals Psychiatric Sequelae of Former “Comfort Women,” Survivors of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery during World War II

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeewon Lee ◽  
Young-Sook Kwak ◽  
Yoon-Jung Kim ◽  
Eun-Ji Kim ◽  
E Jin Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Women Survivors ◽  
Comfort Women ◽  
World War ◽  
Sexual Slavery ◽  
Japanese Military ◽  
Psychiatric Sequelae

The Deafening Silence of the Korean “Comfort Women”: A Response Based on Lyotard and Irigaray

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-356
Author(s):  
Constance Youngwon LEE ◽  
Jonathan CROWE
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Sexual Difference ◽  
Japanese Government ◽  
Comfort Women ◽  
World War ◽  
Sexual Slavery ◽  
Japanese Military ◽  
Korean Comfort Women ◽  
The Way

AbstractThis article reflects upon the continuing historical denialism concerning the Korean “comfort women” forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. We argue that the refusal of the Japanese government and others to squarely confront this wrong is made possible through the exploitation of adifférendin Jean-François Lyotard’s sense of the term. Thedifférendarises from a complex set of social, cultural, and legal sources, including patriarchal, colonial, and nationalistic constructions of the wrong and its victims. We seek to tentatively expose the nature of thedifférendby identifying these factors. We then sketch the beginnings of a possible response, drawing on Luce Irigaray’s strategy of emphasizing sexual difference and separation to pave the way for reciprocality between the sexes. The testimonies of the “comfort women” must be allowed to speak for themselves before a response can emerge based in other discourses.

Unresolved Trauma and Japanese Identity after the Second World War / Trauma No Resuelto e Identidad Japonesa Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial

FORUM ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
Kaoru Nishimura
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
War Trauma ◽  
World War ◽  
Transgenerational Transmission ◽  
Unconscious Processes ◽  
Indirect Transmission ◽  
Transmission Of Trauma ◽  
Unresolved Trauma ◽  
Second World ◽  
Transgenerational Transmission Of Trauma

I have never been in war. So, I hesitate to say anything about the injuries of war but the concept of Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma (TTT) helps me to think about the footprints of war surrounding me. I will focus on three types of TTT. First, transmission through unconscious processes in society as a whole; second, transmission through related media; and third, direct and indirect transmission within family. These overlap with one another and develop hand-in-hand.Nunca estuve en la guerra. Por ello me cuesta decir cualquier cosa sobre las heridas de guerra, pero el concepto de Transmisión Transgeneracional del Trauma (TTT) me ayuda a pensar sobre las huellas de la guerra que me rodean. Me centraré en tres tipos de TTT. Primero, la transmisión por procesos inconscientes en la sociedad global; segundo, la transmisión a través de medios relacionados; y tercero, la transmisión directa e indirecta dentro de la familia. Se solapan entre sí y se desarrollan mano-a-mano.

scholarly journals An Unforgettable Ordeal: Chinese ‘Comfort Women’ in World War II

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuting Xie ◽  
Emily Kraeck
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Women Survivors ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
Comfort Women ◽  
World War ◽  
International Support ◽  
Shame Culture ◽  
Redress Movement

Using methods including analyzing firsthand testimonies, images, and secondary sources, this paper explores the multiple factors that resulted in the silence of Chinese comfort women survivors in both wartime and the postwar period: shame culture, patrichy, and lack of political and cultural support for comfort women. Due to both patriarchy and related shame culture and a lack of political, cultural, and international support for survivors, few Chinese women spoke up about their experience within the comfort women system prior to the redress movement beginning in 1991; in the 1990s, societal and government support for comfort women increased, leading many comfort women to not only share their experiences but seek justice in the process. To begin, this paper provides an overview of essential historical context, including Japanese colonialism, the establishment of “comfort women” systems, Chinese comfort womens’ suffering, and the post-war struggles and ongoing plight of victims and survivors. Next, this paper argues that due to shame, culture and patriarchy; the lack of political, cultural, and international support for comfort women; and the mental and physical trauma that they experienced, comfort women survivors refused to speak up or seek justice for decades during and after World War II. Finally, this paper investigates key differences between the Cultural Revolution and redress movement, analyzing why comfort women spoke out during the latter period but largely remained silent during the postwar period from 1945 to 1990. 

The Demand to Listen to Korean “Comfort Women” and to Two Biblical Women

2020 ◽  
pp. 96-111
Author(s):  
Yani Yoo
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Comfort Women ◽  
World War ◽  
Korean History ◽  
Japanese Military ◽  
Biblical Women ◽  
Biblical Texts ◽  
Korean Comfort Women

Correlated to the experiences of Korean comfort women, the story of Solomon’s judgment (1 Kgs. 3:16–28) becomes a resistance narrative to hegemonic powers. The interpretation discusses the literary strategies of the women’s identities and naming, the emerging reversal of power, the issues of mimicry, mockery, ambiguity, and the conspiracy of readers. The Japanese military comfort women of World War II serve as the geopolitical context with which the interpretation justifies its focus on the two biblical women. It becomes apparent that colonizing and patriarchal powers ignore victim-survivors of sexual violence and abuse whether in the biblical text or in recent Korean history. Biblical texts and recent wartime events illuminate each other.

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