The first English translation of Sandakan, a pioneering work on Karayuki-san, impoverished Japanese young women sent abroad to work as prostitutes form the 1860s to the 1920s.
The first English translation of Sandakan, a pioneering work on Karayuki-san, impoverished Japanese young women sent abroad to work as prostitutes form the 1860s to the 1920s.
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.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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