The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, and Our Fantasies of the ... - Sheridan Prasso - Google Books

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Few Westerners escape the images, expectations and misperceptions that lead us to see Asia as exotic, sensual, decadent, dangerous, and mysterious. Despite — and because of — centuries of East-West interaction, the stereotypes of Western literature, stage,…