The American Geisha

Author : Judith Morland
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468571214
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Geisha written by Judith Morland and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Webster's New World Dictionary (page 24, 1990) defines a 'geisha' as a "Japanese girl trained as an entertainer to serve as a hired companion to men." A true American Geisha must be that and much more. She must be taught self-esteem and self-confidence, but most importantly self-acceptance. She must choose her future carefully, to pursue a business, or to have and raise, a family or possibly both. Lastly, she must decide if she wants to go through life by herself or with a chosen companion. If she chooses companionship, she must be trained in the arts of providing for and serving her Chosen Companion. She must be taught, and be willing to give one hundred percent of herself. She must know herself first, then reach out for friendships, and then seek that special relationship with her Chosen Companion. She must be careful and consider all her options along the way. (We don't always get second chances.) A true understanding of human relationships comes from not only the desire, to have one, but a basic learning process as well. Anything worth having is worth working for. Your inner peace and peaceful relationships are the most precious things attained in this world and certainly worth every effort to attain them.

Author : Marion Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317792580
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Geisha written by Marion Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book captures the challenges and experiences of an American woman who arrived in 1950's Japan. It is a timeless example of how to live abroad successfully in an increasingly global world, as well as fascinating account of everyday life in Japan in the immediate post-war years. .

Author : Liza Crihfield Dalby
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520047426
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geisha written by Liza Crihfield Dalby and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, an American anthropologist, describes her experiences during the year she spent as a Japanese geisha, and looks at the role of women, and geishas, in modern Japan

Author : Lesley Downer
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448168104
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Geisha for the American Consul (a short story) written by Lesley Downer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two cultures. One man and one woman. One moment in time. Cultures collide when Okichi, a beautiful geisha, is sent to work for the American envoy in Japan. Age and pride meet youth and grace. How will she survive in a home where no one speaks her language, where she understands nothing and she must submit to a strange barbarian's will?

Author : Judith Morland
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468571214
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Geisha written by Judith Morland and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Webster's New World Dictionary (page 24, 1990) defines a 'geisha' as a "Japanese girl trained as an entertainer to serve as a hired companion to men." A true American Geisha must be that and much more. She must be taught self-esteem and self-confidence, but most importantly self-acceptance. She must choose her future carefully, to pursue a business, or to have and raise, a family or possibly both. Lastly, she must decide if she wants to go through life by herself or with a chosen companion. If she chooses companionship, she must be trained in the arts of providing for and serving her Chosen Companion. She must be taught, and be willing to give one hundred percent of herself. She must know herself first, then reach out for friendships, and then seek that special relationship with her Chosen Companion. She must be careful and consider all her options along the way. (We don't always get second chances.) A true understanding of human relationships comes from not only the desire, to have one, but a basic learning process as well. Anything worth having is worth working for. Your inner peace and peaceful relationships are the most precious things attained in this world and certainly worth every effort to attain them.

Author : Olivia De Berardinis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780929643151
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Geisha written by Olivia De Berardinis and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olivia's newest paintings and drawings are lovingly presented in thishardcover night table book. All new art, created since her last collection"Second Slice, " this book features models Dita Von Teese, Masuimi Max andmany more favorites, including Bettie Page, newly drawn in Olivia's everchanging styles, and ever evolving techniques.

Author : P. T. Brent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615775906
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Geisha written by P. T. Brent and published by . This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bold and Richly Sensuous... ..."how to" book for men who want to take back the power in the bedroom! The author offers his sage advice to men on how to get the kind of woman they have always wanted and how to romance her into becoming an eager and devoted sex slave... and love it! This book is not politically correct. It is just correct. This book is also not about equality. This book is for men who are tired of being discouraged and subdued by women and would like to change their romantic lives for the better. And it is a remarkable study for the women who have the courage to admit they wish to please their men!

Author : Naoko Shibusawa
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674057473
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Geisha Ally written by Naoko Shibusawa and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, Japan was vilified by America as our hated enemy in the East. Though we distinguished "good Germans" from the Nazis, we condemned all Japanese indiscriminately as fanatics and savages. As the Cold War heated up, however, the U.S. government decided to make Japan its bulwark against communism in Asia. But how was the American public made to accept an alliance with Japan so soon after the "Japs" had been demonized as subhuman, bucktoothed apes with Coke-bottle glasses? In this revelatory work, Naoko Shibusawa charts the remarkable reversal from hated enemy to valuable ally that occurred in the two decades after the war. While General MacArthur's Occupation Forces pursued our nation's strategic goals in Japan, liberal American politicians, journalists, and filmmakers pursued an equally essential, though long-unrecognized, goal: the dissemination of a new and palatable image of the Japanese among the American public. With extensive research, from Occupation memoirs to military records, from court documents to Hollywood films, and from charity initiatives to newspaper and magazine articles, Shibusawa demonstrates how the evil enemy was rendered as a feminized, submissive nation, as an immature youth that needed America's benevolent hand to guide it toward democracy. Interestingly, Shibusawa reveals how this obsession with race, gender, and maturity reflected America's own anxieties about race relations and equity between the sexes in the postwar world. America's Geisha Ally is an exploration of how belligerents reconcile themselves in the wake of war, but also offers insight into how a new superpower adjusts to its role as the world's preeminent force.

Author : P. T. Brent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615768366
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Geisha written by P. T. Brent and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bold and Richly Sensuous......"how to" book for men who want to take back the power in the bedroom! The author offers his sage advice to men on how to get the kind of woman they have always wanted and how to romance her into becoming an eager and devoted sex slave... and love it!This book is not politically correct. It is just correct. This book is also not about equality.This book is for men who are tired of being discouraged and subdued by women and would like to change their romantic lives for the better. And it is a remarkable study for the women who have the courage to admit they wish to please their men!

Author : Arthur Golden
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375406786
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of a Geisha written by Arthur Golden and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1999-11-09 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it. In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction—at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful—and completely unforgettable.