Beschreibung:
Laura Hyun Yi Kang
Laura Hyun Yi Kang demonstrates that the figure of “Asian women” functions as an analytic with which to understand the emergence, decline, and permutation of US power and knowledge at the nexus of capitalism, state power, global governance, and knowledge production throughout the twentieth century.
Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Traffic in Asian Women 1 1. Asian Women as Method? 19 2. Traffic in Women 51 3. Sexual Slavery 83 4. Violence against Women 117 5. Truth Disclosure 153 6. Just Compensation 189 7. Enduring Memorials 221 Notes 261 Bibliography 311 Index 331