Chinese Testimonies Of Imperial Japan's Sex Slaves

Attention After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the government made the decision to relocate all of the Japanese Americans to internment camps as it was said they were disloyal and would betray the United States. In the Internment camps the internees were put through horrendous conditions and were forced to leave everything behind, under the circumstance, some individuals had psychological issues.  When the Emperor was Divine written by Julie Otsuka’s proves the Japanese internment camp conditions cause psychological issues, including anxiety and depression, for the individuals who were put in them.

The novel, When the Emperor was Divine focuses on an average Japanese-American family that lived in the United States during the time period of World War Two. The author, Julie Otsuka, refers to the characters as "the mother," "the girl," "the boy," and "the father."Each member of the family was affected very greatly but much differently by the internment camps in which they were forced to live in. Being placed in internment camps made them act in ways they normally wouldn't. For example, the internment camp made the Girl rebel, while it made her brother step up to be the man of the house. Despite her being of Japanese descent, the Girl was your typical American pre-teen. Being not only born but raised in the united states, she only knew

After the reign of terror committed by the Japanese against the Chinese POWs, next was the civilians, they specifically targeted the women of Nanking. Old women over the age of seventy and little girls younger than eight were drug away from their families and raped by the soldiers. More than 20,000 females were taken and gang-raped by the viscous soldiers then stabbed to death or shot so they cannot tell the tale to anyone because that was against the code of military honor. Not even pregnant woman were spared, in several occasions they were raped then had their bellies slit open and the fetus torn out. Sometimes when the Japanese stormed the homes and encountered the entire family, the soldiers would force the fathers rape their daughters, sons were forced to rape their own mothers, and brothers had to rape there sisters while the rest of the family must watch.

Throughout The Rape of Nanking, the brutal massacre of thousands of innocent Chinese citizens is brought forth through the invasion of this ancient city taken over by the Imperial Japanese army. Iris Chang illustrates the graphic details of the murder and rape of these victims through the perspectives of different sides of the attack. Chang; furthermore, ties in the mass genocide and destruction displayed throughout the book with the example of the Japanese government’s desperate attempt to cover up the incident and the reluctance of the survivors to discuss it. In addition, the horrifying events of The Rape of Nanking only further motivated an uncontrollable desire for aggression, violence, and imperialism in the Asian community evidently

The Fifteen-Year War was a time of great turmoil and uncertainty in Japan. Various facets of the country were tested and driven to their limits. During the occupation, race and gender began to evolve in ways that had not exactly be seen before. War had a tremendous impact on every part of the life of a Japanese citizen. Both men and women began to fill roles that were completely novel to them. Race became a part of the definition of who people were. As the war progressed and American troops landed on Japanese soil for occupation, more drastic changes occurred. Economic hardship and rations befell the people of the Land of the Rising Sun. Prostitution began to rear its ugly head and rape transpired. Through memory, research, and vivid

Julie Otsuka’s novel When the Emperor was Divine leads the reader through the journey of one family that represents many as they are placed in an internment camp for the crime of being Japanese. Otsuka brings to light the persecution of Japanese-Americans through her use of symbols prominent throughout the book. Some of the most important being the symbol of stains, their family dog, and horses. Each has a double-meaning pointing towards the theme of widespread racism. Racism that led many Japanese-Americans into believing that they were guilty.

From 1937 to the end of world war 2 (WWII), Japan killed over 3,000,000 Prisoners of war(POWs). Some POWs including Louie Zamperini had escaped death from these camps. Back in America, Japanese-Americans, like Jeanne Wakatsuki had to face racial discrimination in the Japanese internment camps. This all happened because on December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Louie Zamperini from Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, is an Olympic running who joined the Air Force after WWII broke out. Jeanne Wakatsuki from Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, is a Japanese-American that lives in America during WWII. Louie Zamperini and Jeanne Wakatsuki’s experiences from being a POW are very similar yet different in their involvement throughout the war, their resilience during the war, and their struggles after the war.

During World War II, approximately 120,000 people of Japanese descent who lived on the Pacific Coast of the US were sent to internment camps after the bombing at Pearl Harbor by Japan on December 7th, 1941. American citizens made up 62% of those who were interned. And even though these American citizens were being unconstitutionally blocked off from the rest of society, the majority of these citizens still declared that they remained forever loyal to America. Some of the recollections left behind by the internees of their experiences at these camps include letters to their loved ones, diaries, pictures, and even full plays. And while living in often cramped, and poorly maintained conditions, the internees still tried to lead normal lives

Across cultures, many times similarities lay within them that go unnoticed. It is true that obvious differences set them apart; but if a closer look is taken, it is surprising what can be found. The Chinese culture is obviously different from the American culture, but underneath the surface there are similarities. One of them is how the treatment of women has evolved and changed. Anti-feminism in China has been present since ancient times, and has just recently decreased. Anti-feminism in America has never been as severe as it was in China; however, instead of the value of women gradually increasing over the years - it has reversed. The value of women in America has decreased. There are many similarities between the ancient Chinese women

White explores the master’s sexual exploitation of their female slaves, and proves this method of oppression to be the defining factor of what sets the female slaves apart from their male counterparts. Citing former slaves White writes, “Christopher Nichols, an escaped slave living in Canada, remembered how his master laid a woman on a bench, threw her clothes over her head, and whipped her. The whipping of a thirteen-year-old Georgia slave girl also had sexual overtones. The girl was put on all fours ‘sometimes her head down, and sometimes up’ and beaten until froth ran from her mouth (33).” The girl’s forced bodily position as well as her total helplessness to stop her master’s torture blatantly reveals the forced sexual trauma many African females endured.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, she was put into an internment camp because of her Japanese ancestry. Her entire life, as well as her career was put on hold because of her internment. When she was brought to the assembly center for internees, she was interviewed; “As a result of the interview… my family name was reduced to No. 13660. I was given several tags bearing the family number, and was then dismissed” (¨The Life of Miné Okubo¨). Miné was dehumanized because instead of being called by her name, she was known as a number. She was first sent to the Tanforan camp first but was later transferred to Topaz internment camps. Also, she could only take with her certain necessities to the camp and was allowed very few of her personal belongings. She and thousands of other Japanese Americans were United States citizens like her were denied their rights as citizens. Miné, when she lived in the camp Tanforan, had to live in old horse stalls, with nails sticking out of the walls and dirt, dust, and grime covering it. They were treated like animals, being kept inside a cage. Japanese- Americans were also isolated from the world around them. They could only leave with very strict circumstances, some camps wouldn’t allow internees to leave at all. Miné was very isolated from the world outside the camp; “We were close to freedom and yet far from it… Streams of cars passed by all day. Guard towers and barbed wire surrounded the entire center. Guards were on duty day and night” (¨The Life of Miné Okubo¨). Miné Okubo as well a other Japanese-Americans like her were isolated from the outside world but could still hear what was going on around them. They were forced to hear what they were missing. Also, Miné Okubo resisted being inside a camp not able to do the thing she loved, which was art. She would teach art classes to kids with the resources she could find and began telling her story of internment through her art. Later, Miné

As China faced new international pressures and the change to a communist society, gender relations transformed women from servants of men to full independent workers, who finally became soldiers of the communist state. In Jung Chang’s novel, Wild Swans, the three women – grandmother Yu-Fang, mother Bao-Qin and daughter Jung Chang – exemplify the expected gender roles of each generation. I will argue that Confucian society presented few economic opportunities for women to support

That’s why you say they make the best house wives” (Hwang, 62). This passage shows both how women were treated as insignificant individuals, as well as how Orientals were considered powerless. These themes can be seen throughout all the stories, plays, and songs that were read in this module, and I think it gave me a nice new perspective on these

Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel The Woman Warrior is a series of narrations, vividly recalling stories she has heard throughout her life. These stories clearly depict the oppression of woman in Chinese society. Even though women in Chinese Society traditionally might be considered subservient to men, Kingston viewed them in a different light. She sees women as being equivalent to men, both strong and courageous.

After watching the film "The Joy Luck Club", I was able to again some understanding of the life and hardship of four Chinese women who immigrant to the U.S. In the movie, it explain the difficult situations each women had faced before they move and start their new life. Out of the four women, Ying Ying's past was most relevant to Buddhist's The Four Noble Truths, which in her situation she drown her baby son in the bathtub and cause her to distraught because if she had killed her cheating husband earlier, she wouldn't have lost the thing that matter to her the most. Ying Ying knows the truth of her suffering and the cause of it and she was able to resolve her trauma. In addition, she helps other (her daughter) find happiness in order to leads