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...
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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