Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 245 p)
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ill
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21 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
023113052X
Series Statement:
Asia perspectives
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-233) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star : A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan
Language:
English
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