Pink Samurai
The Pursuit and Politics of Sex in Japan
Published on 9. April 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-0-586-20576-1 (ISBN)
Description
A history of Japanese sexual mores and a survey of modern Japanese love, marriage and family life. The author explores the subject starting with creation myths and ending with present-day love hotels, soap ladies, porn videos and sex shows. He discusses the Japanese attitude to bringing up children, marriage, work and alcohol. What emerges is a race refeshingly guilt-free about sex, but at the same time mother-fixated, voyeuristic, obsessed with the female genitalia and whose national pastime is peering beneath skirts.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Illustrations
b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-586-20576-1 (9780586205761)
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Content
Part 1 New year: hotels and legends; in the middle of the road; high-school confidential. Part 2 The rites of spring: phallicism and fertility; the heian idyll. Part 3 The venereal equinox: the edo period; the great indoors; the culture of desire; spring for sale. Part 4 Heatwaves in the water trade: the water business; the ladies upstream; sirens in the silt; stripping Japan styles; the genital circus; on the dark side. Part 5 Quirks for all seasons: the cruel world; nakedness and dissent; the realm of the sexless. Part 6 A new era.