Figure
Photographs
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Short History of Hansen’s Disease in Japan
Part I: Stories as Told by Daughters and Sisters
Episode 1: Restored Memories
Episode 2: Thanking Parents for Giving Birth to Me
Episode 3: Painful Consciousness of Hating My Own Father
Episode 4: I Should Have Been Nicer to My Father
Episode 5: Never Ever Moving Away
Episode 6: Living in the Sanatorium despite Being a Non?patient
Part II: Stories as Told by Sons and Brothers
Episode 7: Son of a ‘Leper’
Episode 8: At the Forefront of the Bereaved
Families’ Lawsuit
Episode 9: Forced out of High School
Episode 10: Growing up without Knowing Parents
Episode 11: Proudly Born in Wak?en
Episode 12: Unfulfilled Aspirations
Conclusion
Notes
References
Further Reading
Index

About the Author

Ai Kurosaka is Associate Professor at Tohoku Gakuin University. She obtained a PhD in Sociology from Saitama University, and her research focuses on social discrimination in Japan, especially in relation to Hansen's disease and Buraku discrimination.

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