Japanese Girls and Women: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Japanese Girls and Women, credited to Alice Bacon, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Japanese Girls and Women, by Alice Bacon This book is a clear and delightful peek into the world of Japanese girls and women of the late 1800s: their childhood, education, marriage and intimate family life. And it is done by someone who admires the immense resources, abilities and strength shown by all of these girls and women. The intricate customs that bind the society together and must be learned by every girl, such as the annual Doll ceremony are explained as well as the difficult life of a Japanese wife of this period. Life among the nobles and upper class in the courts and castles, something long hidden away, is explored. Did you know there were Samauri Women? The entire spectrum of Japanese life in the late 1800s is explored from the feminine point of view. The writer is a Christian but respects the cultural and religious differences of Japan society and presents what she has observed from many years in the country and what was shared with her by her Japanese women friends. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Japanese Girls and Women
• Author credits: Alice Bacon
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 7:46:22

Catalogue topics

• japanese
• girl
• women
• culture

Track guide

1. 01 - Childhood part 1 — 21:33
2. 02 - Childhood part 2 — 22:12
3. 03 - Education — 24:35
4. 04 - Marriage and Divorce, part 1 — 18:44
5. 05 - Marriage and Divorce, part 2 — 20:20
6. 06 - Wife and Mother, Part 1 — 23:56
7. 07 - Wife and Mother, Part 2 — 22:47
8. 08 - Old Age — 24:21
9. 09 - Court Life, Part 1 — 22:10
10. 10 - Court Life, Part 2 — 22:26
11. 11 - Life in Castle and Yashiki — 36:01
12. 12 - Samurai Women, Part 1 — 20:18
13. 13 - Samuari Women, Part 2 — 22:10
14. 14 - Peasant Women, Part 1 — 16:35
15. 15 - Peasant Women Part 2 — 25:12
16. 16 - Life in the Cities, Part 1 — 19:00
17. 17 - Life in the Cities, Part 2 — 21:06
18. 18 - Domestic Service — 30:41
19. 19 - Within the Home, Part 1 — 24:52
20. 20 - Within the Home, Part 2 — 27:35

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