Document 2B: "Geisha Entertainers," Portland News-Telegram, 29 April 1938.

by Patricia A. Schechter
Document 2B: "Geisha Entertainers," Portland News-Telegram, 29 April 1938. Included in How Did the Portland YWCA Enhance the Lives of Women, 1901-2000?, by Patricia A. Schechter. (Binghamton, NY: State University of New York at Binghamton, 2003).
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Asian-American Women and the Portland YWCA

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Document 2B: "Geisha Entertainers," Portland News-Telegram, 29 April 1938.

Yae Ko Kwuzuka and Rose Katigiri, who will be among the entertainers at the silver tea which Japanese Girl Reserves will give Sunday at the YWCA.

 

The caption of this Portland News-Telegram photograph, "Geisha Entertainers," highlights the exoticized and sexualized stereotypes assigned to Asian-American women in the mainstream U.S. media, in contrast to the Japanese language newspaper article above, which emphasized community building, pride, and dignified ambassadorship.
       

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