The East, the West, and sex : a history of erotic encounters / Richard Bernstein.

Author
Bernstein, Richard, 1944- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Description
325 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 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
  • "I souvenir : you boom-boom"
  • A room of her own
  • Thinking of nana, or noi, or am
  • The yearning of the wanderer's heart
  • Judgments.
ISBN
  • 9780375414091 (alk. paper)
  • 0375414096 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2008055079
OCLC
251204502
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