Jan Bardsley

Maiko Masquerade

Crafting Geisha Girlhood in Japan

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Bardsley moves past the reverent tone of the cultural gatekeeper to present maiko through television, art, cosplay, autobiographical texts, and more. This book will be appealing to college instructors for its discussions of race, gender, and nationality; yet a broad audience of readers will also relish its richness and humor.--Laura Miller, Ei'ichi Shibusawa-Seigo Arai Endowed Professor of Japanese Studies and Professor of History, University of Missouri-St. Louis This is the first book in English to focus on representations of the maiko, positioning these celebrated apprentice geisha at the fruitful intersection of gender studies, Japanese p… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-520-29644-2
EAN: 9780520296442
Produktnummer: 34865647
Verlag: University Presses
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 300 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm
Abbildungen: 34 b-w illustrations

Über den Autor

Jan Bardsley is Professor Emerita of Asian Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the author of Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan and the award-winning The Bluestockings of Japan: New Woman Essays and Fiction from Seito, 1911–1916.