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Maiko masquerade : crafting geisha girlhood in Japan /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bardsley, Jan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface : why study maiko stories?
  • Notes on Japanese terms and currency
  • Introduction : the maiko, Kyoto's apprentice geisha
  • The maiko's hanamachi home
  • The well-mannered career path
  • Life in the hanamachi : voices of maiko and geiko
  • From victim to artist : maiko stories in movies and manga
  • Adventures of a boy-maiko: there goes Chiyogiku!
  • Hit a homer, maiko! : maiko visual comedy
  • Conclusion : the ordinary girl in the maiko masquerade.