Selling women prostitution, markets, and the household in early modern Japan / Amy Stanley ; foreword by Matthew H. Sommer.

Author/creator Stanley, Amy, 1978-
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxxii, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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SeriesAsia: local studies/global themes ; 21
Contents Adulterous prostitutes, pawned wives, and purchased women: female bodies as currency -- Creating "prostitutes": benevolence, profit, and the construction of a gendered order -- Negotiating the gendered order: prostitutes as daughters, wives, and mothers -- From household to market: child-sellers, "widows," and other shameless people -- Glittering hair ornaments and barren fields: prostitution and the crisis of the countryside -- Tora and the "rules of the pleasure quarter" -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-242) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011047050
ISBN9780520270909 (cloth : alk. paper)

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