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Author Bernstein, Richard, 1944-

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

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  306.77 BERNSTEIN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography 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.
Subject Erotica -- Asia.
Erotica -- Developing countries.
National characteristics, Asian.
Orientalism.
ISBN 9780375414091 alkaline paper
0375414096 alkaline paper
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