Rowing the Eternal Sea The Story of a Minamata Fisherman,9780742500211

Rowing the Eternal Sea The Story of a Minamata Fisherman

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ISBN13: 9780742500211
ISBN10: 0742500217
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-10-16
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

In this compelling oral history, Ogata Masato, fisherman and Minamata disease sufferer, tells of the devastation of methyl mercury poisoning. Spanning fifty years, his story describes the impact of industrial pollution on his own life, on his extended family, and on the fishing culture of the Shiranui Sea. A one-time leader of Minamata disease patients seeking certification and compensation, Masato breaks away to follow his personal path to redemption. Masato's story, larger than any one man or one incident, raises questions we must all consider as beneficiaries of modern industry and technology.

Author Biography

Keibo Oiwa is an anthropologist teaching at Meiji Gakuin University in Yokohama.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Translator's Introduction 1(16)
Karen Colligan-Taylor
Prologue: ``Out to the Mythological Sea'' 17(8)
Ishimure Michiko
Part I
A Vibrant Village
25(4)
The Bitter Sea
29(4)
Competing Souls
33(6)
What's Going On?
39(4)
Two Hints
43(6)
Within the Circle
49(4)
School Days
53(4)
A Family Ordeal
57(4)
Leaving Home
61(6)
A Compass Restored
67(6)
Part II
Rising Tides
73(6)
Social Activism
79(8)
Life Changes
87(4)
Leaving the Movement
91(4)
The Depths of Despair
95(4)
Facing My Demons
99(4)
Tokoyo no fune, Boat to the Eternal World
103(6)
Bearing Witness
109(8)
A Will of Stone
117(4)
A Place of Atonement
121(8)
Part III
Beneath the Light of the Sun and the Moon
129(14)
The Chisso within Us
143(8)
Keep the Embers Glowing
151(8)
Nusari, Embracing Life as a Gift
159(6)
Moyainaoshi, Moored Together Again
165(12)
Epilogue 177(10)
Oiwa Keibo
Index 187(6)
About...
The Author
193(1)
The Narrator
193(1)
The Translator
193

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