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Selling songs and smiles : the sex trade in Heian and Kamakura Japan

Author
Goodwin, Janet R., 1939-
Title
Selling songs and smiles : the sex trade in Heian and Kamakura Japan / Janet R. Goodwin.
Format
Book
Published
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007.
Description
viii, 208 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
URL
<Table of contents only> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0618/2006024199.html
Portion of title
Sex trade in Heian and Kamakura Japan
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-201) and index.
Contents
  • Delightful sirens and delighted patrons
  • Defining transgression
  • Sacred sex or sexual pollution?
  • Constructing the prostitute
Subject headings
Prostitution--Japan--History--To 1500.
ISBN
0824830687 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780824830687 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0824830970 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780824830977 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
X7481067
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute