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Book SynopsisExamines the political and cultural aspects of contemporary performances that have grappled with the history of the ""comfort women”, the Japanese military's euphemism for the sexual enslavement of girls and young women - mostly Korean - in the years before and during World War II.
Trade ReviewThe case studies are rich, provocative, and described with vivid detail. The book adds important geographical and cultural breadth to theater and performance studies, especially performance studies of law, violence, transitional justice, and human rights."" - Catherine Cole, University of Washington
""A deeply engaging and consistently insightful consideration of cultural practices that aim to bring justice to the survivors of wartime Japanese military sex slavery. The book makes multiple important interventions in the investigation of the relationships among activism, law, performance, theatricality and restorative justice."" - Lisa Yoneyama, University of Toronto
""Elizabeth Son painstakingly follows the voices of survivors silenced by the violent forces of history, honoring their lived experiences and building connective tissues around them to illustrate the performative iterations of history and memory in the broad networks of dramatic texts, dance, street demonstrations, stage work, and legal dramas. What emerges as a result is a powerful testimony, which has been often forced to silence and oblivion."" - Suk-Young Kim, University of California, Los Angeles
