Appropriating Japonisme at the 1900 Exposition: Sada Yacco, Loie Fuller, and the ‘Geishas’ of Le Panorama du Tour du Monde
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Journal / Book Title
Dix-Neuf
Abstract
Japanese exhibits filled the 1900 Paris Exposition, from the official pavilion at the Trocadéro to ‘geishas’ performing in the Panorama du Tour du Monde. The highlight for French reporters, however, was actress Sada Yacco’s performances at the Théâtre Loïe Fuller on the rue de Paris. The former geisha joined American Fuller in creating original spectacles that captivated audiences not as Japanese ‘ethnography’, as in other exhibits, but as ‘art’. This article draws attention to the rhetorical and commercial strategies used by these women to attract audiences to their own unique artistic performances of Japonisme, Western creations inspired by Japanese traditions.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/14787318.2020.1794449
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
1478-7318
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Emery, Elizabeth, "Appropriating Japonisme at the 1900 Exposition: Sada Yacco, Loie Fuller, and the ‘Geishas’ of Le Panorama du Tour du Monde" (2020). Department of World Languages and Cultures Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 57.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/modernlang-literatures-facpubs/57