From the erotic makeup and kimono to the provocative nuances of their profession to their sex lives, Jina Bacarr takes the listener deep inside the secret world of the geisha.
December 9, 2005 (Press Release) --
Huntington Beach, CA--No doubt Western women are fascinated by geisha, but are they femme fatales or fashionistas?
From the 1908 novel, The Heart of a Geisha, by Mrs. Hugh Fraser to the nonfiction works, Geisha by Liza Dalby and Women of the Pleasure Quarters by Leslie Downer, the geisha intrigue as well as enchant. On December 9th (December 23rd nationwide), the bestselling novel, Memoirs of a Geisha, opens in theatres. It's only fitting that since the first geisha were men, it was written by a man: Arthur Golden. The novel has sold over four million copies in English and has been translated into 32 languages.
Yet one question lingers in readers' minds: Are geisha prostitutes?
This idea of glamorized prostitution has titillated the imagination of Westerners since these elegant living works of art were first photographed in the nineteenth century. Since geisha worked in the pleasure quarters, Western photographers were skeptical yet fascinated by these women who "entertained men," a label that meant only one thing in their stuffy Victorian society: prostitute.
Whether or not the Western photographers chose to believe that artistic endeavors were the main occupation of the geisha is unclear. What we do know is they labeled the prostitutes (some bare-breasted) in their photographs as "geisha."
Even the NBC drama, Medium, pondered that idea in a recent episode when Allison DuBois (played by Patricia Arquette) and her husband decided to see Memoirs of a Geisha on a parents' night out. That brought questions from one of their daughters, who wanted to know what a geisha was. They didn't answer her, fueling further speculation on the part of the audience.
It took eight years (eight is a lucky number in Japan) and an $80 million-plus budget to film the historical romance, but does the Memoirs of a Geisha film get it right?
To answer that question, "In the Zone with Jina Bacarr" goes deep into the secret world of geisha to discuss their sex lives, erotic makeup, and elaborate kimono. She'll even give you tips on how to tell if a geisha has lost her virginity by her hairstyle.
You'll never look at a geisha in the same way again.
You can listen at:
http://www.jinabacarr.com/Jina_Geisha.mp3
http://www.JinaBacarr.com
Or add the RSS feed:
http://www.JinaBacarr.com/Zone.xml
For more information, check her website: http://www.JinaBacarr.com
Jina Bacarr is a radio talk show host and the author of "The Blonde Geisha" (SPICE Books, August 2006) and the Ben Franklin award-winning "The Japanese Art of Sex" (Stone Bridge Press 2004).
From the 1908 novel, The Heart of a Geisha, by Mrs. Hugh Fraser to the nonfiction works, Geisha by Liza Dalby and Women of the Pleasure Quarters by Leslie Downer, the geisha intrigue as well as enchant. On December 9th (December 23rd nationwide), the bestselling novel, Memoirs of a Geisha, opens in theatres. It's only fitting that since the first geisha were men, it was written by a man: Arthur Golden. The novel has sold over four million copies in English and has been translated into 32 languages.
Yet one question lingers in readers' minds: Are geisha prostitutes?
This idea of glamorized prostitution has titillated the imagination of Westerners since these elegant living works of art were first photographed in the nineteenth century. Since geisha worked in the pleasure quarters, Western photographers were skeptical yet fascinated by these women who "entertained men," a label that meant only one thing in their stuffy Victorian society: prostitute.
Whether or not the Western photographers chose to believe that artistic endeavors were the main occupation of the geisha is unclear. What we do know is they labeled the prostitutes (some bare-breasted) in their photographs as "geisha."
Even the NBC drama, Medium, pondered that idea in a recent episode when Allison DuBois (played by Patricia Arquette) and her husband decided to see Memoirs of a Geisha on a parents' night out. That brought questions from one of their daughters, who wanted to know what a geisha was. They didn't answer her, fueling further speculation on the part of the audience.
It took eight years (eight is a lucky number in Japan) and an $80 million-plus budget to film the historical romance, but does the Memoirs of a Geisha film get it right?
To answer that question, "In the Zone with Jina Bacarr" goes deep into the secret world of geisha to discuss their sex lives, erotic makeup, and elaborate kimono. She'll even give you tips on how to tell if a geisha has lost her virginity by her hairstyle.
You'll never look at a geisha in the same way again.
You can listen at:
http://www.jinabacarr.com/Jina_Geisha.mp3
http://www.JinaBacarr.com
Or add the RSS feed:
http://www.JinaBacarr.com/Zone.xml
For more information, check her website: http://www.JinaBacarr.com
Jina Bacarr is a radio talk show host and the author of "The Blonde Geisha" (SPICE Books, August 2006) and the Ben Franklin award-winning "The Japanese Art of Sex" (Stone Bridge Press 2004).
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