Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan

Name: Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan
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ISBN: 9780231130523

ISBN-10: 023113052X

ISBN-13: 9780231130523

Edition: 2005

Authors: William Johnston

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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…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 11/10/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.83" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Prologue : a murder grips the nation



An unremarkable family history



Early childhood



Maidens or harlots only



Geisha and prostitute



Acquaintance rape



Acting up



Becoming professional



Changing saddles



Legal prostitution and escape



From prostitute on the lam to mistress



A search for stability



Discovering love



Love's intoxication



Murder



No longer private



Interrogation and investigation



Judgment



Imprisonment and release



Celebrity, hardship, and escape


Epilogue : a trail of re-creations


Notes from the police interrogation of Abe Sada