Sandakan brothel no.8: journey into the history of lower-class japanese women
Auteur :
Yamazaki, Tomoko / Colligan-Taylor, Karen F.
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780765603531
Date de publication :
30 sept. 1998
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
498 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.