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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780231065672
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Political Science
- Publication Name
- Left Politics and the Literary Profession
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Subject
- Modern / 20th Century, General, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
- Publication Year
- 1991
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 17.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 316 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231065671
ISBN-13
9780231065672
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110569
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
316 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Left Politics and the Literary Profession
Publication Year
1991
Subject
Modern / 20th Century, General, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
17.7 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"Originally published in Japan in the 1950's, Autobiography of a Geisha is a remarkably fresh and personal account of a life that is a far cry not only from the Eastern exoticism of [John Ball's Miss One Hundred Thousand Spring Blossoms ], but also from the upscale and at least sometimes glamorous lives depicted in [Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha ." -- Persimmon, "Since the publication of Arthur Golden's bestselling novel Memoirs of a Geisha, there has been a spate of books that an unkind reviewer might label 'follow-ons'... While all of these speak to a greater or lesser extent of the hardships and occasional cruelties of the geisha's life, none provides as raw and unvarnished account as Sayo Masuda's Autobiography . " -- Monumenta Nipponica, "This account shocked Japanese readers with its bitter taste of grinding poverty and its revelations about the geisha world's dark side. A comfortless portrait of the flip side of the geisha world, where one is more slave than courtesan." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Her story is heartbreaking, but her indomitable spirit prevents it from becoming maudlin." -- Elizabeth Quinn, Bust, "As I read this autobiography I cried for the women who live their lives as geishas...Thank you, Sayo Masuda, for revealing your life to us." -- Judy Helman, Woman's Day, "Courageously, Masuda refuses to put white makeup on the unsightly aspects of her tale, inviting readers to take a long, hard look at the unadulterated face of geisha living." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review, "A much-needed corrective to the romantic myths spun around this profession... Superbly preserved and sensitively rendered... [Masuda's] gripping, heart-rending and humorous account is a gem, especially as it offers a view 'from below' of the untold social history of modern Japan." -- Times Literary Supplement, "[Masuda's] endurance of adversity is admirable, as is the down-to-earth way in which she relates her story. She is witty, realistic, and forthright about her life, and readers will admire her courage and determination." -- Marlene Y. Satter, Foreword Magazine, " Autobiography of a Geisha is a compelling... gritty and at times bleak account, but one which is related with great pathos and humor throughout. Rowley is to be commended." -- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and AFrican Studies, University of London
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
801/.95/097309045
Table Of Content
Why theory?, by Gerald Graff The function of English at the present time, by Richard Ohmann What am I doing when I do women's studies in 1990?, by Catharine R. Stimpson Literature and politics: black feminist scholars reshaping literary education in the white university, 1970-1986, by Nellie Y. McKay What is the matter with Mary Jane? Feminist criticism in a time of diminished expectations, by Kate Ellis Canon theory and emergent practice, by Paul Lauter Canon fathers and myth universe, by Lillian S. Robinson Literature of resistance: the intersection of feminism and the communist left in Meridel Le Sueur and Tillie Olsen, by Constance Coiner Memory and historical record: the literature and literary criticism of Beirut, 1982, by Barbara Harlow. At the crossroads of history, on the borders of change: Chicano literary studies past, present, and future, by Hector Calderon Third plane at the change of the century: the shape of African-American literature to come, by Pancho Savery History as explanation: writing about lesbian writing, or "Are girls necessary?", by Julie Abraham Politics and literature: then and now, by Robert C. Rosen Somewhere off the coast of academia, by Robert Rich Some historical refractions, by Lillian S. Robinson What has happened to the seeds of the flower children?, by Susan Gushee O'Malley Annals of academic life: an exemplary tale, by Louis Kampf
Synopsis
Sayo Masuda was a geisha at a hot springs resort, where the realities of sex for sale are unadorned by the trappings of wealth and power. Remarkable for its wit and frankness, the book is a moving record of a woman's survival on the margins of Japanese society -- in the words of the translator, "the superbly told tale of a woman whom fortune never favored yet never defeated.", The glamorous world of big-city geisha is familiar to many readers, but little has been written of the life of hardship and pain led by the hot-springs-resort geisha. Indentured to geisha houses by families in desperate poverty, deprived of freedom and identity, these young women lived in a world of sex for sale, unadorned by the trappings of wealth and celebrity. Sayo Masuda has written the first full-length autobiography of a former hot-springs-resort geisha. Masuda was sent to work as a nursemaid at the age of six and then was sold to a geisha house at the age of twelve. In keeping with tradition, she first worked as a servant while training in the arts of dance, song, shamisen, and drum. In 1940, aged sixteen, she made her debut as a geisha. Autobiography of a Geisha chronicles the harsh life in the geisha house from which Masuda and her sisters worked. They were routinely expected to engage in sex for payment, and Masuda's memoir contains a grim account of a geisha's slow death from untreated venereal disease. Upon completion of their indenture, geisha could be left with no means of making a living.Marriage sometimes meant rescue, but the best that most geisha could hope for was to become a man's mistress.Masuda also tells of her life after leaving the geisha house, painting a vivid panorama of the grinding poverty of the rural poor in wartime Japan. As she eked out an existence on the margins of Japanese society, earning money in odd jobs and hard labor -- even falling in with Korean gangsters -- Masuda experienced first hand the anguish and the fortitude of prostitutes, gangster mistresses, black-market traders, and abandoned mothers struggling to survive in postwar Japan.Happiness was always short-lived for Masuda, but she remained compassionate and did what she could to help others; indeed, in sharing her story, she hoped that others might not suffer as she had. Although barely able to write, her years of training in the arts of entertaining made her an accomplished storyteller, and Autobiography of a Geisha is as remarkable for its wit and humor as for its unromanticized candor. It is the superbly told tale of a woman whom fortune never favored yet never defeated.
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