Geisha: The Secret History of a Vanishing World
by:
Lesley Downer (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780747271062 (0747271062)
Publish date: November 2nd 2000
Publisher: Headline
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Culture,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Sexuality,
Anthropology,
Japan,
Womens
Downer begins with the story of her embarkation on the quest to write this book, unashamedly and amusingly confessing her own mistakes and misconceptions when trying to access the geisha world, understandably well defended by every subtle barrier of etiquette against the exotifying and fetishising t...
Inizierò col dire che il libro è stato "tirato" un po' troppo dall'autrice, soprattutto nella seconda parte che ho trovato abbastanza ripetitiva. In ogni caso m'è piaciuto, soprattutto per il fatto che l'autrice stessa si sia fatta strada in questo mondo così affascinante per avere la possibilità di...
Great - basically it confirms what A. Golden wrote in "The Memoirs of a Geisha", but it gives a deeper historical perspective, and a personal touch. The most interesting part for me was about the roles and fates of women in traditional Japan.
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