Selling women : prostitution, markets, and the household in early modern Japan / Amy Stanley ; foreword by Matthew H. Sommer.
This book traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, it describes how the work of "...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Asia--local studies/global themes ;
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| Summary: | This book traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, it describes how the work of "selling women" transformed communities across the archipelago. By focusing on the social implications of prostitutes' economic behavior, this study offers a new understanding of how and why women who work in the sex trade are marginalized. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520952386 0520952383 1280491981 9781280491986 9786613587213 6613587214 |
| Language: | English. |