Geisha

Geisha

by L Dalby (Author)

Synopsis

Geisha: the mystique never dies. Available again, this classic bestseller offers an intimate glimpse into a unique female community. In her account of her experience as the Kyoto geisha Ichigiku, Liza Dalby--the only non-Japanese ever to have trained as a geisha--reveals the realities of a world that has long been the subject of rumor and fantasy, and that continues to fascinate Japanese and Westerners alike to this day.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 367
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 29 Sep 1998

ISBN 10: 0520204956
ISBN 13: 9780520204959

Media Reviews
A meticulously researched work of scholarship, but is also a delightfully personal account of Dalby's year among the geisha. Geisha remains [Dalby's] best-known work and is the bible of geisha studies to this day. --The Times Literary Supplement
Author Bio
Liza Dalby is the author of Kimono: Fashioning Culture (1993). She is an anthropologist specializing in Japanese culture. She was recently a consultant for Rob Marshall's film Memoirs of a Geisha.