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Geisha

Geisha

by Liza Crihfield Dalby

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 380 PAGES

In the mid 1970s, Liza Dalby, an American graduate student in anthropology, made her research personal when she decided to study the world of the geisha by becoming one herself. This book is her collection of observations and interpretations concerning this intriguing role in traditional Japanese society.  (JPN49, $25.95)


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