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Author:
Prasso, Sheridan.
Title:
The Asian mystique : dragon ladies, geisha girls and the myths of exotic oriental / Sheridan Prasso.
Publisher:
Perseus Running distributor,
Perseus Running distributor,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
xvii, 437 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Women--Asia--Social conditions.
Women--Asia--Public opinion.
Stereotype (Psychology)
East and West.
Asia--Foreign public opinion, Occidental.
Notes:
Originally published: 2005. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Mystery, sex, fear, and desire: a brief history -- Hollywood, Burbank, and the resulting imaginings -- Matters of men and country: the incredible lightness of being portrayed -- Race-ism, fetish, and fever -- The real memoirs of geisha -- The other side of Miss Saigon -- Glamor 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.
ISBN:
9781586483944 (pbk.)
1586483943 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)63703181
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

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