Korean "Comfort Women": The Intersection of Colonial Power, Gender, and Class

Gender and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 938-957

  Min, Pyong Gap ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Colonial power; Gender; Sexual violence against women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242550628     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243203257584     Document Type: Review

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