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Sandakan Brothel No.8: Journey into the History of Lower-class Japanese Women

Autor Tomoko Yamazaki, Karen F. Colligan-Taylor
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 sep 1998
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 oppressed under the dual yoke of class and gender. This tale provides the historical and anthropological context for understanding the sexual exploitation of Asian women before and during the Pacific War and for the growing flesh trade in Southeast Asia and Japan today. Young women are being brought to Japan with the same false promises that enticed Osaki to Borneo 80 years ago. Yamazaki Tomoko, who herself endured many economic and social hardships during and after the war, has devoted her life to documenting the history of the exchange of women between Japan and other Asian countries since 1868. She has worked directly with "karayuki-san", military comfort women, war orphans, repatriates, women sent as picture brides to China and Manchuria, Asian women who have wed into Japanese farming communities, and Japanese women married to other Asians in Japan.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780765603531
ISBN-10: 0765603535
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

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; Chapter 10 The Home of Gagnon Sana; Chapter 11 Farewell, Amakusa; Chapter 12 Epilogue–Karayuki-san and Modern Japan; author Author’s Afterword to the First Edition (1972); trans Translator’s Afterword;

Notă biografică

Yamazaki Tomoko has published numerous books and articles documenting the modern history of lower-class Japanese women who have gone abroad and Asian women who have come to Japan. For three decades she has conducted a study group in Tokyo which provides a forum for research on women’s history in the context of Japan’s interaction with Asian countries., Karen Colligan-Taylor is Professor of Japanese Studies and Women’s Studies at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. She earned her Ph.D. at Stanford University, focusing on the evolution of environmental literature in Japan. In her current research she continues to explore the environmental and human costs of rapid economic development.

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This is a study of "karayuki-san", impoverished Japanese women sent abroad to work as prostitutes from the 1860s to the 1920s. It follows the life of one prostitute, Osaki, who is persuaded as a child of ten to accept cleaning work in Borneo and then forced to work as a prostitute in a brothel.