Japanese Prostitutes in the North American West, 1887-1920

Informationen zum Autor Kazuhiro Oharazeki is instructor of foreign studies at Setsunan University in Japan. Klappentext Kazuhiro Oharazeki is instructor of foreign studies at Setsunan University in Japan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Note on Individual Names Introduction 1. Across the Pacific Rim: Global Dimensions of Japanese Prostitution in the North American West 16 2. Hardships at Home: Micro-level Analysis of the Social Origins of Japanese Prostitutes in the North American West 3. Recruitment and Passage: Transpacific Migration of Japanese Prostitutes to the North American West 4. Racialized, Exploited, and Excluded: The Lives of Japanese Prostitutes and Barmaids in the North American West 5. Breaking the Shackles of Oppression: Japanese Prostitutes' and Barmaids' Response to Sexual and Economic Exploitation 6. The Emergence of Anti-Japanese Prostitution Reforms in the North American West from a Transpacific and Comparative Perspective Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Kazuhiro Oharazeki
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780295743639
• ISBN: 978-0-295-74363-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Se; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book We; Japanese Prostitutes in the North American West, 1887-1920
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Japan, Amerikanische Geschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, USA Westen, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), Ethnic Issues, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies