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My Mother is More Than a Comfort Woman = Ang Aking Ina ay Higit sa Isang Comfort Woman = 母さんは「慰安婦」にされた――娘が語るロラたちの物語

Author :  The Mother’s Storybook Project Team (Illustrator) Naoko Okimoto

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Country
Philippines
Publisher
Gantala Press, Inc., Philippines
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2021
Bib. Info 64p.
Product Weight 150 gms.
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This book narrates the wartime experiences of comfort women during World War II from the perspective of their family members. It also aims to share the lives and roles they led as mothers, grandmothers, and human beings. The authors also hope that this is a step for younger generations to take the initiative to help the survivors to get justice and not let their stories fade away in history. *** Four short narratives on the ‘Lolas’ or Filipino ‘comfort women’ survivors, written from the daughters’ and granddaughter’s perspectives. There is an urgent need to find an alternative way to convey the legacy of the Lolas. Since many Lolas spoke up in the early 1990s, they have continued fighting for justice, sharing their wartime experiences, and protesting against wars in order to avoid creating another generation of ‘comfort women’. However, it is getting more and more difficult to hear their life stories from the Lolas themselves since most of them are already in their nineties and many Lolas have passed away. As of 2019, only three Lolas were still sharing their wartime experiences. Younger generations are responsible for carrying on the legacies of the Lolas. The authors wanted to make something that was not directly depending on the Lolas themselves, but on younger generations who can act on it. Thus, they interviewed the second or third generation of the Lolas’ families. There are only a few books or other media focusing on the life stories of the Lolas. In many cases, when the ‘comfort women’ survivors were interviewed, the focus of the interviews tended to be limited to their wartime experiences. Interviewing the family members of the Lolas was a way to find out their perspectives on their mothers or grandmother, to learn how they have lived after the war and how they associated with their family and many other aspects of their lives. We hope this book can honor the Lolas, or Filipino ‘comfort women’ survivors, as marvelous women who have continued fighting for justice and lived through the years despite all the difficulties.

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