Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star : : A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan / / William Johnston.
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, and w...
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Johnston, William, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star : A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan / William Johnston. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2004] ©2004 1 online resource (272 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 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-CREATIONS -- NOTES FROM THE POLICE INTERROGATION OF ABE SADA -- ENDNOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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, and what does her fame have to say about attitudes toward sex and sexuality in modern Japan?Despite Abe Sada's notoriety and the depictions of her in film and fiction (notably in the classic In the Realm of the Senses), until now, there have been no books written in English that examine her life and the forces that pushed her to commit the crime. Along with a detailed account of Sada's personal history, the events leading up to the murder, and its aftermath, this book contains transcripts of the police interrogations after her arrest-one of the few existing first-person records of a woman who worked in the Japanese sex industry during the 1920s and 1930s-as well as a memoir by the judge and police records. Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star steps beyond the simplistic view of Abe Sada as a sexual deviate or hysterical woman to reveal a survivor of rape, a career as a geisha and a prostitute, and a prison sentence for murder. Sada endured discrimination and hounding by paparazzi until her disappearance in 1970. Her story illustrates a historical collision of social and sexual values-those of the samurai class and imported from Victorian Europe against those of urban and rural Japanese peasants. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Murder Japan Tokyo History Case studies. Prostitutes Japan Tokyo Biography. Sex crimes Japan Tokyo History Case studies. Women murderers Japan Tokyo Biography. HISTORY / Asia / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231130523 https://doi.org/10.7312/john13052 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231509152 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231509152/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 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-CREATIONS -- NOTES FROM THE POLICE INTERROGATION OF ABE SADA -- ENDNOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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