Kickboxing Geishas: How Modern Japanese Women Are Changing Their Nation
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780743271561 (0743271564)
Publish date: January 9th 2007
Publisher: Free Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
"The thing about Japan is that it's a developed country and a developing country all in the same breath. It's such a contradiction." - Veronica Chambers, Kickboxing GeishasMy selection of this book is proof that I am often drawn to a book because of its innovative title. I was definitely intrigued ...
This is the first book I read that tackled the lives and struggles of the contemporary Japanese woman in society. One of the aspects I liked best was that we also see this in relation to Western sensibilities. I really wanted to hear the observations and impressions from a woman with similar sensi...