02128nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10518323 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110331s2012 caub sb 001 0 eng d 2011014086 9780804776912 (cloth alk. paper) 9780804783460 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)774290213 a-ja--- HQ247.A5 K68 2012eb 306.740952/09045 22 Kovner, Sarah (Sarah C.), 1973- Occupying power [electronic resource] : sex workers and servicemen in postwar Japan / Sarah Kovner. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2012. xi, 226 p. : map. Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : a special business -- "To transship them to some suitable island" : making policy in the midst of chaos -- Violence, commerce, marriage -- When flesh glittered : selling sex in Sasebo and Tokyo -- Legislating women : the push for a prostitution prevention law -- The high politics of base pleasures : regulating morality for the postwar era -- The presence of the past : controversies over sex work since 1956 -- Conclusion : beyond victimhood. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Prostitution Japan History 20th century. Sex-oriented businesses Japan History 20th century. Prostitutes Legal status, laws, etc. Japan History 20th century. Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10518323 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 120914 120914