The stories of the former comfort women -- long suppressed, but now emerging -- have galvanized both Asians and non-Asians working in a variety of fields. This volume contains a cross-section of responses to the issues raised by the former comfort women and their new visibility on the international stage. It focuses on how theorists, historians, researchers, activists, and artists have been preserving and interpreting the stories of the comfort women and also drawing lessons from them.

Part I Historical and Cultural Contexts; Chapter 1 The Japanese Imperial System and the Korean "Comfort Women" of World War II, Bonnie B. C. Oh; Chapter 2 "Comfort Women" and the Cultural Tradition of Prostitution in Japanese Erotic Art, Linda Gertner Zatlin; Chapter 3 "Comfort Women" in the Dutch East Indies, Yuki Tanaka; Chapter 4 Prostitutes versus Sex Slaves, Chunghee Sarah Soh; Part II Academic and Activist Responses; Chapter 5 Wartime Sexual Violence against Women, Margaret D. Stetz; Chapter 6 "Such an Unthinkable Thing", Pamela Thoma; Chapter 7 Urgent Matters, Dongwoo Lee Hahm; Chapter 8 My Own Gaiatsu, Grant K. Goodman; Chapter 9 Placing Japanese War Criminals on the U.S. Justice Department's "Watch List" of 3 December 1996, John Y. Lee; Part III Artistic Responses; Chapter 10 A Film within the Film, Dai Sil Kim-Gibson; Chapter 11 Making In the Name of the Emperor, Christine Choy; Chapter 12 Tomiyama Taeko's, Margaret D. Stetz, Bonnie B.C. Oh, Tomiyama Taeko; Chapter 13 "Unsuspecting Souls", Jill Medvedow, Mona Higuchi; Chapter 14 To Give a Voice, Therese Park;