AMA

A woman who cannot feed a man is worthless. Saying from Ise-Shima Everyone in Japan knows them as »Ama-San,« a title that conveys a great deal of affection and admiration – and yet, even in the big cities, hardly anyone is aware of what these courageous and independent women of the seas are actually capable of. At an average age of 60, they make their living by hunting abalone, a delicacy prized particularly in East Asia.

cm 19,5×24; pp. 144; 56 ills; hardcover. Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2012.