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Sandakan Brothel No. 8 by Tomoko Yamazaki (1998, Paperback) 
Sandakan Brothel No. 8 by Tomoko Yamazaki (1998, Paperback)

 
Sandakan Brothel No. 8 by Tomoko Yamazaki (1998, Paperback)

Publisher: M E Sharpe Inc
Publication Date: 1998-11-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0765603543
ISBN-13: 9780765603548
Product ID: EPID265671
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Publication Date:1998-11-01

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Length:256 pages
Height:9.0 in
Width:6.0 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:13.6 oz

Publisher's Note
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 sad tale could not be more relevant for present times. It 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 eighty years ago.

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