O sistema de conforto como pauta em movimentos feministas na Coreia do Sul e na China através de memórias pós-coloniais

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the structuring of the comfort system by Imperial Japan atthe beginning of the 20th century in South Korea and China to establish a connection betweenthis process and the development of feminist movements within these countries. To this end,the purpose of this paper is to identify how the systematic sexual abuse instituted by theJapanese imperial government constructs a series of traumatic memories within the affectedcountries using the speeches of Korean women who were victims of the conflict's comfortsystem. This way, it will be possible to assess whether these memories, in turn, contribute tostrengthening conceptions of gender emancipation within the ideology of Asian women —especially Koreans and Chinese. In addition, introductory analyses of the feminist movementin Asia will be made to differentiate it from Western feminism. Therefore, it will be possible toempirically analyze the feminist movements in both countries and then pinpoint how theyemerged, their main characteristics and how the Comfort System influenced their development.In short, the main objective is to conclude whether the Comfort System has had an impact —at what level and if there has been any impact at all — on the development of the feministmovement and gender activism in South Korea and China