A estátua de uma garota pela paz: a materialização da luta das "Mulheres De Conforto" e o desconforto político

Abstract

This paper investigates aspects of the dispute between South Korea and Japan over the memory of the "comfort women," victims of a system of military sexual slavery established in the early twentieth century. Currently, this issue remains one of the major impediments to bilateral relations between these countries. Starting from the hypothesis that the Peace Monument materialized this conflict for memory and national image and that the construction of its replicas around the world disseminated the issue, this paper seeks to analyze how the dispute of political interests around the reparation of the "comfort women" became a political- visual conflict.