Jan Bardsley

Maiko Masquerade

Crafting Geisha Girlhood in Japan

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Maiko Masquerade explores Japanese representations of the maiko, or apprentice geisha, in films, manga, and other popular media as an icon of exemplary girlhood. Jan Bardsley traces how the maiko, long stigmatized as a victim of sexual exploitation, emerges in the 2000s as the chaste keeper of Kyoto's classical artistic traditions. Insider accounts by maiko and geisha, their leaders and fans, show pride in the training, challenges, and rewards maiko face. No longer viewed as a toy for men's amusement, she serves as catalyst for women's consumer fun. This change inspires stories of ordinary girls-and even one boy-striving to embody the maiko i… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-520-96894-3
EAN: 9780520968943
Produktnummer: 35715086
Verlag: University of California Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 300 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

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.