Geisha, harlot, strangler, star : a woman, sex, and morality in modern Japan /
In May 1936, Abe Sada committed the most notorious crime in twentieth-century Japan -- the murder and emasculation of her lover. What made her do it? And why was she found guilty of murder yet sentenced to only six years in prison? Why have this woman and her crime remained so famous for so long, an...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
©2005.
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| Collection: | Asia perspectives.
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| Accès en ligne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/john13052 |
Table des matières:
- Preface; Introduction; Prologue: A Murder Grips the Nation; 1. An Unremarkable Family History; 2. Early Childhood; 3. Maidens or Harlots Only; 4. Geisha and Prostitute; 5. Acquaintance Rape; 6. Acting Up; 7. Becoming Professional; 8. Changing Saddles; 9. Legal Prostitution and Escape; 10. From Prostitute on the Lam to Mistress; 11. A Search for Stability; 12. Discovering Love; 13. Love's Intoxication; 14. Murder; 15. No Longer Private; 16. Interrogation and Investigation; 17. Judgment; 18. Imprisonment and Release; 19. Celebrity, Hardship, and Escape.
- Epilogue: A Trail of Re-creationsNotes from the Police Interrogation of Abe Sada; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.