The Asian mystique : dragon ladies, geisha girls, & our fantasies of the exotic Orient /
Prasso, Sheridan.
The Asian mystique : dragon ladies, geisha girls, & our fantasies of the exotic Orient / Sheridan Prasso. - 1st ed. - New York : Public Affairs, c2005. - xvii, 437 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-418) and index.
Part 1. The Asian mystique. Mystery, sex, fear, and desire : a brief history -- Hollywood, Burbank, and the resulting imaginings -- Matters of men and country : the unbearable lightness of being portrayed -- "Race-ism," fetish, and fever -- Part 2. Ten people, ten colors. The real memoirs of geisha -- The other side of Miss Saigon -- Glamour of the skies, sorority of service -- Screwing, getting screwed, and getting ahead -- Who's playing whom -- China doll, dragon lady -- Power women -- Epilogue : Demand creates supply.
1586482149
9781586482145
2005043048
East and West.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Women--Public opinion.--Asia
Women--Social conditions.--Asia
Asia--Foreign public opinion, Occidental.
The Asian mystique : dragon ladies, geisha girls, & our fantasies of the exotic Orient / Sheridan Prasso. - 1st ed. - New York : Public Affairs, c2005. - xvii, 437 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-418) and index.
Part 1. The Asian mystique. Mystery, sex, fear, and desire : a brief history -- Hollywood, Burbank, and the resulting imaginings -- Matters of men and country : the unbearable lightness of being portrayed -- "Race-ism," fetish, and fever -- Part 2. Ten people, ten colors. The real memoirs of geisha -- The other side of Miss Saigon -- Glamour of the skies, sorority of service -- Screwing, getting screwed, and getting ahead -- Who's playing whom -- China doll, dragon lady -- Power women -- Epilogue : Demand creates supply.
1586482149
9781586482145
2005043048
East and West.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Women--Public opinion.--Asia
Women--Social conditions.--Asia
Asia--Foreign public opinion, Occidental.