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The Asian mystique : dragon ladies, geisha girls, & our fantasies of the exotic Orient / Sheridan Prasso. by Prasso, Sheridan. Public Affairs, c2005. Call #: 305.48895 P911a Subjects Women -- Asia -- Social conditions.   Women -- Asia -- Public opinion.   Stereotypes (Social psychology)   East and West.   Asia -- Foreign public opinion, Occidental. ISBN:  1586482149 Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvii, 437 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-418) and index. Contents:  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-sim," 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 305.48895 P911a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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