ISBN:
9780765603531
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (262 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Sandakan Brothel No.8: Journey into the History of Lower-class Japanese Women
DDC:
306.74/2/095953
Abstract:
This is a pioneering work on ""karayuki-san"", impoverished Japanese women sent abroad to work as prostitutes from the 1860s to the 1920s. The narrative follows the life of one such prostitute, Osaki, who is persuaded as a child of ten to accept cleaning work in Sandakan, North Borneo, and then forced to work as a prostitute in a Japanese brothel, one of the many such brothels that were established throughout Asia in conjunction with the expansion of Japanese business interests. Yamazaki views Osaki as the embodiment of the suffering experienced by all Japanese women, who have long been oppres
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Translator's Preface and Acknowledgments; Translator's Introduction; Author's Foreword to the English Translation; Chapter 1 A Prologue to the History of Women at the Lowest Level of Society; Chapter 2 A Chance Encounter-My First Trip to Amakusa; Chapter 3 My Attempts at a Second Trip; Chapter 4 Life with Osaki; Chapter 5 Osaki's Story-The Life of an Overseas Prostitute; Chapter 6 Many More Voiceless Voices; Chapter 7 Ofumi's Life; Chapter 8 Oshimo's Grave; Chapter 9 Okuni's Birthplace
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 10 The Home of Gagnon SanaChapter 11 Farewell, Amakusa; Chapter 12 Epilogue-Karayuki-san and Modem Japan; Author's Afterword to the First Edition (1972); Translator's Afterword; Maps; Sandakan Brothel No.8, the Film, Two Photos; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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