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The East, the West, and sex : a history of erotic encounters
- Author
- Bernstein, Richard, 1944-
- Title
- The East, the West, and sex : a history of erotic encounters / Richard Bernstein.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Published
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
- Description
- 325 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- 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.
- Kinsey subjects
- Harem. Sex customs. Social conditions. Ethnic groups. Erotica--Asia.
- ISBN
- 9780375414091 (alk. paper) 0375414096 (alk. paper)