Geisha, beyond the painted smile, edited by the Peabody Essex Museum
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Geisha, beyond the painted smile, edited by the Peabody Essex Museum
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-150) and index
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Geisha
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
56212457
Responsibility statement
edited by the Peabody Essex Museum
Sub title
beyond the painted smile
Table Of Contents
Why do geisha exist? / Arthur Golden -- I: Understanding geisha -- A world behind closed doors / Lesley Downer -- Identifying geisha in art and life: is she really a geisha? / Andrew L. Maske -- II: Confronting the image -- First encounters--emerging stereotypes: westerners and geisha in the late nineteenth century / Allen Hockley -- The exotic geisha / Liza Dalby -- The floating world today: photographs by Yoko Yamamoto text by Andrew L. Maske -- III: Living art -- Performance and play: the art and accomplishments of geisha / Andrew L. Maske -- Geisha to the fore: Niwaka festivals and the new luminaries of Edo / Money L. Hickman -- Geisha on stage and screen / Peter M. Grilli
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