Occupying Power : Sex Workers and Servicemen in Postwar Japan.

The arrival of hundreds of thousands of Allied troops struck Japan like an earthquake, altering both the built environment and the country's psychological landscape. Made especially visible at the time were panpan--streetwalkers--desired by foreign servicemen. Though sex workers became symbols...

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Main Author: Kovner, Sarah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central