Polite Lies: On Being a Woman Caught Between Cultures

Twelve penetrating, painful essays explore the author's codes of silence, deference, and expression that govern Japanese and American women's lives and the images of the body that make sex seem foreign to Japanese women and ever-present to Americans.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 04/06/1999
ISBN: 9780449004289
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.40d
Award: Literary Award - Nominee