Butterfly's Sisters: The Geisha in Western Culture by Yoko Kawaguchi

Butterfly's Sisters: The Geisha in Western Culture

Yoko Kawaguchi

342 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

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In this fascinating and wide-ranging book, Yoko Kawaguchi explores the Western portrayal of Japanese women--and geishas in particular--from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. She argues that in the West, Japanese women have come to emb...

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