Sex in Japan's globalization, 1870-1930
Subtitle: prostitutes, emigration and nation building
By: by Bill Mihalopoulos
Series: Perspectives in economic and social history -- number 13; Perspectives in economic and social history -- no. 13.
Publisher: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers)
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781848932012
Subjects: Bäuerin; Japanerin; Women peasants; Prostitution; History
Description: Based on archival research undertaken in Japan, Britain and the United States, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy in a newly modernized Japan.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; Note on Japanese Names; Introduction; 1. Another Japan; 2. Creating the Archive; 3. Sexuality and Class; 4. Sex as Progress; 5. Disciplining Globalizing; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index