Liza Crihfield Dalby (born 1950) is an American anthropologist and novelist specializing in Japanese culture. She is a 1972 graduate of Swarthmore College, receiving her Masters in 1974 and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1978. The title of her dissertation is The Institution of the Geisha in Modern Japanese Society. Upon receiving her Ph.D. she accepted her first teaching position at the University of Chicago. She is married to Michael Dalby, managing director of Stylus LLC.

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  • Liza Crihfield Dalby (born 1950) is an American anthropologist and novelist specializing in Japanese culture. She is a 1972 graduate of Swarthmore College, receiving her Masters in 1974 and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1978. The title of her dissertation is The Institution of the Geisha in Modern Japanese Society. Upon receiving her Ph.D. she accepted her first teaching position at the University of Chicago. She is married to Michael Dalby, managing director of Stylus LLC. They have 3 children: Marie, Owen and Chloë, and live in Berkeley, California. In 1975 she went to Japan on a Fulbright scholarship to research geisha for her Ph.D. thesis. Her book Geisha is based on her experiences with the geisha community in Kyoto's Pontochō. Her unique experience in the geisha community led her to serve as a consultant for Arthur Golden's 2005 film Memoirs of a Geisha starring Zhang Ziyi. Golden acknowledges her assistance in the novel and describes her as "the only American woman ever to become a geisha. " She is currently working on a novel, The Hidden Buddha.
  • Liza Dalby Crihfield (nascuda el 1950) és una novel·lista i antropòlega especialitzada en cultura japonesa. Es va graduar el 1972 en el Swarthmore College, de rebre la seva Maestría en 1974 i el seu doctorat de la Universitat de Stanford el 1978. El títol de la seva dissertació és la institució de la geisha en la societat japonesa moderna. En rebre el seu doctorat ella va acceptar el seu primer lloc docent a la Universitat de Chicago. Està casada amb Michael Dalby, director general de Stylus LLC. Tenen 3 fills: Maria, Owen i Chloë, i viu a Berkeley, Califòrnia. El 1975 va ser al Japó en una beca Fulbright per a la recerca del seu doctorat tesi sobres les geishes. El seu llibre geisha (filmat com American geisha) es basa en les seves experiències amb la comunitat de geishes a Kyoto la Pontocho. La seva experiència única en la comunitat geisha dut a servir com a consultor d'Arthur Golden Memòries del 2005 de la pel·lícula d'una geisha protagonitzada per Zhang Ziyi. Golden reconeix la seva assistència en la novel·la i es descriu com "l'única dona en la història d'Amèrica per esdevenir una geisha". Actualment està treballant en una novel·la, The Hidden Buda.
  • Liza Crihfield Dalby est une anthropologue américaine spécialiste de la culture du Japon.
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  • Liza Crihfield Dalby (born 1950) is an American anthropologist and novelist specializing in Japanese culture. She is a 1972 graduate of Swarthmore College, receiving her Masters in 1974 and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1978. The title of her dissertation is The Institution of the Geisha in Modern Japanese Society. Upon receiving her Ph.D. she accepted her first teaching position at the University of Chicago. She is married to Michael Dalby, managing director of Stylus LLC.
  • Liza Dalby Crihfield (nascuda el 1950) és una novel·lista i antropòlega especialitzada en cultura japonesa. Es va graduar el 1972 en el Swarthmore College, de rebre la seva Maestría en 1974 i el seu doctorat de la Universitat de Stanford el 1978. El títol de la seva dissertació és la institució de la geisha en la societat japonesa moderna. En rebre el seu doctorat ella va acceptar el seu primer lloc docent a la Universitat de Chicago.
  • Liza Crihfield Dalby est une anthropologue américaine spécialiste de la culture du Japon.
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