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Ah Ku and Karayuki-San

Prostitution in Singapore 1880-1940

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Among the many groups of workers whose labor built Singapore in the twentieth century, there may be none as marginalized in memory as the women who travelled from China and Japan to work in Singapore as prostitutes. This study sketches in the trade in women and children in Asia, and--making innovative use of Coroner's Inquests and other records--hones in on the details of the prostitutes' lives in the colonial city: the daily brothel routine, crises and violence, social relations, leisure, mobility, disease, and death.

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Ah Ku and Karayuki-San, James Francis Warren

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Titre
Ah Ku and Karayuki-San
Sous-titre
Prostitution in Singapore 1880-1940
Langue
Anglais
Publié
2003
Format
souple
Pages
249
ISBN10
9971692678
ISBN13
9789971692674
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Among the many groups of workers whose labor built Singapore in the twentieth century, there may be none as marginalized in memory as the women who travelled from China and Japan to work in Singapore as prostitutes. This study sketches in the trade in women and children in Asia, and--making innovative use of Coroner's Inquests and other records--hones in on the details of the prostitutes' lives in the colonial city: the daily brothel routine, crises and violence, social relations, leisure, mobility, disease, and death.