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Geisha, harlot, strangler, star : a woman, sex, and morality in modern Japan
- Author
- Johnston, William, 1955-
- Title
- Geisha, harlot, strangler, star : a woman, sex, and morality in modern Japan / William Johnston.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2005.
- Description
- viii, 245 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Series
- Asia perspectives
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-233) and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction
- 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.
- Subject headings
- Abe, Sada, 1905- Murder--Japan--Tokyo--History--Case studies.
- Kinsey subjects
- Biographies of women. Biographies of prostitutes. Biographies of sex criminals. Homicide. Sex offenses. Geisha.
- ISBN
- 023113052X (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231130523 (cloth : alk. paper)