gei of geisha
Subtitle: music, identity and meaning
By: Kelly M. Foreman.
Series: SOAS musicology series
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Company
Published: 2007
Place of publication: England
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754658573
Subjects: Geishas; Music -- Instruction and study -- Japan; Music -- Social aspects -- Japan
Notes: PUBLICATION DATE IS JANUARY 2008.  STATUS WILL READ "IN PROCESS" WHEN THE BOOK HAS ARRIVED.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The geisha myths ; Persistence of the geisha-girl fantasy : gei at the periphery; title: Repertoire and training. The musical repertoire of geisha ; Dedication to gei : training and musical transmission; title: Geisha perfomances and how they are constructed : female performances in Japan, and the development of the urban theater traditions. The public stage performances ; The private performances : ozashiki and enkai; title: Geisha and traditional arts society. Traditional music in modern Japan ; The dedication to ryū and iemoto ; The dilemma of multi-disciplinarity ; The question of a geisha musical style; title: Entertainer vs. artist : patronage and the negotiation of identity. Financial burdens of the geisha ; Financing a professional arts career, and alternative strategies of patronage for geisha ; Artistic collaborations between geisha and patrons ; Contemporary barriers to arts patronage in the karyūkai ; Why entertainers would not need ryū; title: Understanding geisha and gei : eroticism through ambiguity ; The interconnectedness of geisha, liminas, play and the erotic ; The suggestiveness of iki as liminal eroticism.