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Sandakan brothel no. 8 : an episode in the history of lower-class Japanese women
- Title
- Sandakan brothel no. 8 : an episode in the history of lower-class Japanese women / Yamazaki Tomoko ; translated by Karen Colligan-Taylor.
- Author
- Yamazaki, Tomoko, 1932-2018.
- Publication
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1999.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Colligan-Taylor, Karen.
- Description
- xliii, 215 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Provides insight into the history of lower-class women in Japan through the story of a Japanese woman who was born at the beginning of the twentieth century and sold at age ten into prostitution in North Borneo.
- Series Statement
- Eastgate book
- Uniform Title
- Sandakan hachiban shōkan. English
- Eastgate book.
- Alternative Title
- Sandakan hachiban shōkan.
- Subject
- Note
- "An East gate book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Chapter 1 A Prologue to the History of Women at the Lowest Level of Society 3 -- Chapter 2 A Chance Encounter--My First Trip to Amakusa 18 -- Chapter 3 My Attempts at a Second Trip 29 -- Chapter 4 Life with Osaki 32 -- Chapter 5 Osaki's Story--The Life of an Overseas Prostitute 45 -- Chapter 6 Many More Voiceless Voices 108 -- Chapter 7 Ofumi's Life 116 -- Chapter 8 Oshimo's Grave 134 -- Chapter 9 Okuni's Birthplace 146 -- Chapter 10 The Home of Gagnon Sana 162 -- Chapter 11 Farewell, Amakusa 171 -- Chapter 12 Epilogue--Karayuki-san and Modern Japan 181.
- ISBN
- 0765603535
- 9780765603531
- 0765603543
- 9780765603548
- LCCN
- 98018941
- OCLC
- ocm39181539
- 39181539
- SCSB-537757
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library