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Machine generated contents note: Part I. Historical and Cultural Contexts -- 1. The Japanese Imperial System and the Korean "Comfort Women" -- of World War II -- Bonnie B. C. Oh 3 -- 2. "Comfort Women" and the Cultural Tradition of Prostitution -- in Japanese Erotic Art -- Linda Gertner Zatlin 26 -- 3. "Comfort Women" in the Dutch East Indies -- Yuki Tanaka 42 -- 4. Prostitutes versus Sex Slaves: The Politics of Representing -- the "Comfort Women" -- Chunghee Sarah Soh 69 -- Part II. Academic and Activist Responses -- 5. Wartime Sexual Violence against Women: -- A Feminist Response -- Margaret D. Stetz 91 -- 6. "Such an Unthinkable Thing": Asian American -- Transnational Feminism and the "'Comfort Women' -- of World War II" Conference -- Pamela Thoma 101 -- 7. Urgent Matters: Redress for Surviving "Comfort Women" -- Dongwoo Lee Hahm -- 8. My Own Gaiatsu: A Document from 1945 Provides Proof -- Grant K. Goodman -- 9. Placing Japanese War Criminals on the U.S. Justice -- Department's "Watch List" of 3 December 1996: -- The Legal and Political Background -- John Y Lee -- Part III. Artistic Responses -- 10. A Film within the Film: Making a Documentary -- about Korean "Comfort Women" -- Dai Sil Kim-Gibson -- 11. Making In the Name of the Emperor -- Christine Choy -- 12. Tomiyama Taeko'sA Memory of the Sea -- Margaret D. Stetz and Bonnie B. C. Oh, -- with three illustrations of work by Tomiyama Taeko -- 13. "Unsuspecting Souls": Art Evokes History at -- the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum -- Jill Medvedow, -- with two illustrations of work by Mona Higuchi -- 14. To Give a Voice -- Therese Park -- Index