Maiko Masquerade
Language: en
Pages: 300
Authors: Jan Bardsley
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03-09 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Maiko Masquerade explores Japanese representations of the maiko, or apprentice geisha, in films, manga, and other popular media as an icon of exemplary girlhood
Maiko Masquerade
Language: en
Pages: 300
Authors: Jan Bardsley
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03-09 - Publisher: University of California Press

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Maiko Masquerade explores Japanese representations of the maiko, or apprentice geisha, in films, manga, and other popular media as an icon of exemplary girlhood
Yamamba
Language: en
Pages: 144
Authors: Rebecca Copeland
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-22 - Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.

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Alluring, nurturing, dangerous, and vulnerable the yamamba, or Japanese mountain witch, has intrigued audiences for centuries. What is it about the fusion of mo
Manners and Mischief
Language: en
Pages: 300
Authors: Jan Bardsley
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-21 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"Manners and Mischief is a cohesive, stimulating volume. Reading these essays and the editors' enlightening introduction was a joy: I learned a great deal, smil
Bad Girls of Japan
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: L. Miller
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-12-09 - Publisher: Springer

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Are bad girls casualties of patriarchy, a necessary evil, or visionary pioneers? The authors in this volume propose shifts in our perceptions of bad girls by pr