Pub Date: January 1, 1987
Dewey: 321.8
LCCN: 86017744
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Index
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.58" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 0.85 lbs) 272 pages
BISAC Categories:
Political Science | Political Ideologies | Democracy | Reference | Encyclopedias | Social Science | Cultural and Ethnic Studies | Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies | Regional Studies | History | Asia | Japan | Enslavement | Gender Studies
Description:
This title was first published in 1986: 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.