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 Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, |
| Description | xxii, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Asia: 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-242) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011047050 |
| ISBN | 9780520270909 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |