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"Turning an eye-opening lens onto state-sponsored prostitution from the twentieth century into contemporary times, The State’s Sexuality is a must-read to understand the role of sex in modern state-building in Korea and beyond."—Suzy Kim, author of Among Women across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War
"Park Jeong-Mi meticulously and humanely exposes the institutionalized deployment of Korean women as 'stateless patriots' who sexually serviced US military personnel to earn US dollars for the building of a nation and as statecraft of postcolonial, war-torn Korea, heavily dependent on US military and economic aid—the invisible base of the South Korean 'economic miracle.'"—Margo Okazawa-Rey, Professor Emerita, San Francisco State University
"Park Jeong-Mi meticulously and humanely exposes the institutionalized deployment of Korean women as 'stateless patriots' who sexually serviced US military personnel to earn US dollars for the building of a nation and as statecraft of postcolonial, war-torn Korea, heavily dependent on US military and economic aid—the invisible base of the South Korean 'economic miracle.'"—Margo Okazawa-Rey, Professor Emerita, San Francisco State University