Butterfly's sisters : the Geisha in western culture / Yoko Kawaguchi.
Butterfly's sisters : the Geisha in western culture / Yoko Kawaguchi.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
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N792.7028/30
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Were they or weren't they? : Geishas and early Western perceptions of the morality of Japanese Women -- Geishas as artefact : artifice, ideal beauty and the natural woman -- Madam Butterfly's antecedents : the women of the ports and Japanese 'wives' -- Hara-Kiri! : Sadayakko and Madame Hanako on the...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2010.
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Summary
"In this fascinating and wide-ranging book, Yoko Kawaguchi explores the Western portrayal of Japanese women - and geishas in particular-from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. She argues that in the West, Japanese women have come to embody certain ideas about feminine sexuality, and she analyses how these ideas have been expressed in di...
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Butterfly's sisters : the Geisha in western culture / Yoko Kawaguchi.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2010.
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N792.7028/30
Record Identifier
74VvqvDqvE8b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvqvDqvE8b
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ISBN
0300115210 (cl : alk. paper)
9780300115215 (cl : alk. paper)
DDC
792.70280952
MMS ID
991006154479702626
