Modern Madame Butterfly

by Karen Ma

Attempts to dispel the myth that Japanese women are passive and selfless creatures that are easily exploited, drawing on interviews, government studies, and popular newspapers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804820414
• ISBN13: 9780804820417
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.4" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Relevant and Helpful

As someone who has dating experience from when I was living in Japan, I think this book is wonderful. It was very relevant and the author's conclusions were logical and well-balanced. There is a whole lot more that could be said about the issue but I think this book represents the views that are nearly impossible to come by without hard-earned experience and are definitely under-represented but very important. The reality of the situation, its sort of a story of what really happens "after the honeymoon" in such relationships, in my opinion. It gives great scope to positive, negative and mixed experiences from international couples of varying cultural acclimation. A great read. I just ordered one myself after checking it out from the library.

Impartial and Informative

The Modern Madame Butterfly is a very informative book which teaches outsiders about Japanese women's plights and desires as they pertain to relationships with Westerners. I specifically encourage non-white Americans (i.e. African Americans and Asian Americans) to read this book if they have or ever had a relationship with a Japanese woman. This book helps ease the frustration and confusion encountered by non European Americans who have had sincere realtionships with Japanese women. Karen Ma has provided insight that most Americans could use in assessing their relationships with Japanese women. This book also provides the opportunity for non European Americans to assess and address how they are viewed by the Japanese people.