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The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls,  Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient
The Asian Mystique Dragon Ladies Geisha Girls Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient
Author: Sheridan Prasso
A prize-winning journalist and Asia expert issues a provocative critique of the West's eroticized illusions about Asia and how profoundly they color our social, cultural, business, personal, and political interactions. Few Westerners escape the images, expectations and misperceptions that lead us to see Asia as exotic, sensual, decadent, danger...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781586482145
ISBN-10: 1586482149
Publication Date: 4/5/2005
Pages: 437
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Publisher: Public Affairs Press (NY)
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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This book lets you realise that the stereotype we generally have about Asians and their culture have been askewed by the writings of individuals who only sawm or want to see to see, one side of an entire culture.
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