Maiko Masquerade
Crafting Geisha Girlhood in Japan
Gebonden Engels 2021 9780520296435Samenvatting
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 Kyoto’s classical artistic traditions. Insider accounts by maiko and geisha, their leaders and fans, show pride in the training, challenges, and rewards maiko face. No longer viewed as a toy for men’s amusement, she serves as catalyst for women’s consumer fun. This change inspires stories of ordinary girls—and even one boy—striving to embody the maiko ideal, engaging in masquerades that highlight questions of personal choice, gender performance, and national identity.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Preface: Why Study Maiko Stories?
Notes on Japanese Terms and Currency
Introduction: The Maiko, Kyoto’s Apprentice Geisha
1. The Maiko's Hanamachi Home
2. The Well-Mannered Career Path
3. Life in the Hanamachi: Voices of Maiko and Geiko
4. From Victim to Artist: Maiko Stories in Movies and Manga
5. Adventures of a Boy Maiko: There Goes Chiyogiku!
6. Hit a Homer, Maiko! Maiko Visual Comedy
Conclusion: The Ordinary Girl in the Maiko Masquerade
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan