The Politics of Trauma and Integrity

Stories of Japanese ""Comfort Women""

Sachiyo Tsukamoto (University of Newcastle, Australia)

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English

Routledge
29 January 2024

Regional studies; History; Gender studies: women; Human rights; Public opinion & polls

Series: Gender in a Global/Local World

Joint Winner of the Carole Pateman Gender and Politics Book Prize 2023

https://auspsa.org.au/prizes-and-awards/carole-pateman-gender-and-politics-book-prize/

The Politics of Trauma and Integrity uses the lenses of gender and trauma to tell the stories of narratives testified by two contrasting Japanese ""comfort women"" survivors.

Through an innovative interdisciplinary study of the politics of gendered memory and trauma in a historical context, with numerous primary sources for analysis including diaries, interviews, letters and oral testimonies, this book uncovers the life- or- death struggles of Japanese survivors in pursuit of public recognition as the victims of state violence against women. It is set within a gender history of modern Japan, supplemented by feminist activist methodology premised upon political agency that seeks social justice. The author’s analysis draws upon three key concepts: trauma, coherence of the self and integrity. Focusing upon the role of gender and trauma as the nexus between memory construction and identity formation in modern Japan, the author reveals these women’s relentless quest for their recovery and the creation of new identities.

This book provides a better understanding of the victims of sexual violence and encourages readers to listen to the voice of trauma, as well as making a significant contribution to the existing research on the ongoing history of sexual violence against women in Japan, the rest of Asia and beyond. It will be of interest to scholars, researchers, activists and all who are concerned about the issue of women’s human rights. It provides supplementary reading and research material for history and politics courses relating to Japan and East Asia, memory, identity, trauma, gender, war and feminist activism. This book will also be beneficial to victims of sexual violence as well as the counsellors/ psychologists engaging with them.

Chapter 4 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com

By: Sachiyo Tsukamoto (University of Newcastle Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032067506
ISBN 10: 1032067500
Series: Gender in a Global/Local World
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sachiyo Tsukamoto is Honorary Associate Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is also a volunteer Associate Researcher for the Asia- Pacifi c Peace Museum of ALPHA Education (Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WWII in Asia) based in Toronto, Canada.

Reviews for The Politics of Trauma and Integrity: Stories of Japanese ""Comfort Women""

Joint Winner of the Carole Pateman Gender and Politics Book Prize 2023 https://auspsa.org.au/prizes-and-awards/carole-pateman-gender-and-politics-book-prize/ “Sachiyo Tsukamoto’s The Politics of Trauma and Integrity contributes to a broad understanding of the state and its gendered subject dynamics by critically engaging with the interplay of narrative, memory and identity… The book introduces the reader to multiple sides of debates along with theoretical and empirical evidence collected from primary sources such as interviews, autobiographies and diaries… In this light, this book significantly contributes to the memory and trauma scholarship in international history and politics.” Kanchan Panday, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, writing in Memory Studies, 16.4, 2023 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17506980231176043c “Sachiyo Tsukamoto’s book The Politics of Trauma and Integrity: Stories of Japanese ‘Comfort Women’ makes a significant contribution to the historiography of ‘comfort women,’ particularly concerning the experiences of Japanese victims/survivors. One significant contribution presented by Tsukamoto is the clarification of a misunderstanding in English-language works regarding the name of Kikumaru, which is Yamauchi Keiko (山内馨子) but is sometimes spelled as Kaoruko. Tsukamoto’s interactions with Hirota Kazuko, the journalist who knew and published Kikumaru’s experiences in 1975, confirmed that Kikumaru’s first name is indeed Keiko. As scholars committed to preserving the victims’ memory, it is crucial to use the correct name.” Agnese Dionisio, Waseda University, GSICCS, writing in the Journal of Cotemporary History, 60.1, 2025 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/00220094241307428b