Hans Arnhold Center Library

The East, the West, and sex a history of erotic encounters

Bernstein, Richard 1944-

The East, the West, and sex a history of erotic encounters Richard Bernstein - 1st ed - 325 p ill 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Bohemians at home and abroad -- The whole world as the white man's brothel -- Yangsook -- That cad ludovico -- "just a page in the book of your life" -- The harem in the mind of the west -- The fantasy comes true -- The eternal dream of Cleopatra -- Enlightenment from India -- Colonialism and sex -- A secret life in Algiers and Paris -- The Malacca blues -- The eastern paradox -- What happened to the harem? -- The inescapable courtesy of Japan -- The butterfly complex -- "me souvenir : you boom-boom" -- A room of her own -- Thinking of nana, or noi, or am -- The yearning of the wanderer's heart -- Judgments.

9780375414091 alk. paper

2008055079


Erotica--Asia
Erotica--Developing countries
National characteristics, Asian
Orientalism

Class of Spring 2006 Class of Spring 2004 Guest speaker

HQ460

306.77095/090511
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