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The island of the fisherwomen
- Title
- The island of the fisherwomen / by Fosco Maraini ; translated from the Italian by Eric Mosbacher.
- Author
- Maraini, Fosco.
- Publication
- New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, ©1962.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 1736.447.614 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 95 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- The author went to Japan to photograph the amphibious communities where the Ama women, who are accomplished divers, earn a living fishing for mollusks 50 feet underwater. On the tiny island of Hekura, he discovered the charming innocence of a simple way of live. This books describes their lifestyle and their work.
- Uniform Title
- Isola delle pescatrici. English
- Alternative Title
- Isola delle pescatrici.
- Subject
- Women > Employment > Japan > Hekura-jima
- Shellfish fisheries > Japan > Hekura-jima
- Fishing > Japan > Hekura-jima
- Deep diving > Japan > Hekura-jima
- Fisheries > Japan
- Deep diving
- Diving, Submarine
- Diving
- Pêches > Japon
- Plongée sous-marine
- Fisheries
- Deep diving
- Fishing
- Manners and customs
- Shellfish fisheries
- Women > Employment
- Frau
- Tauchen
- Fischer
- Gesellschaftsleben
- Brauch
- Hekura-jima (Japan) > Social life and customs
- Hekura, Ile > Descriptions et voyages
- Japan
- Hegura-jima
- Note
- Translation of: Isola delle pescatrici.
- Originally published: Bari : Leonardo da Vinci editrice, 1960.
- Translated from the Italian.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 95).
- LCCN
- 62010498
- OCLC
- ocm00839547
- 839547
- SCSB-2032088
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library