The East, the West, and Sex: A History by Bernstein, Richard

The East, the West, and Sex: A History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375713897)

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Format: Paperback
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The East, the West, and Sex: A History by Bernstein, Richard

The East, the West, and Sex: A History

$20.00
The East, the West, and Sex: A History by Bernstein, Richard

The East, the West, and Sex: A History

$20.00
Format: Paperback
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In this wide-ranging history, Richard Bernstein explores the connection between sex and power as it has played out between Eastern cultures and the Western explorers, merchants, and conquerors who have visited them. This illuminating book describes the historical and ongoing encounter between these travelers and the morally ambiguous opportunities they found in foreign lands. Bernstein's narrative teems with real figures, from Marco Polo and his investigation into the harem of Kublai Khan; the nineteenth-century American missionary Isabella Thoburn and her efforts to stamp out the "sinfulness" of the Mughal culture of India; Gustave Flaubert and his dalliances with Egyptian prostitutes; to modern-day sex tourists in Southeast Asia, as well as the women that they both exploit and enrich. Provocative and insightful, The East, The West, and Sex is a lucid look at a pervasive and yet mostly ignored subject.

Author: Richard Bernstein
ISBN-10: 0375713891
ISBN-13: 9780375713897
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 07/27/2010
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.72d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/29/2010 pg. 24
By Richard Bernstein
By Richard Bernstein
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Richard Bernstein is a columnist for the International Herald Tribune and a contributor to The New York Times. He has served as a foreign correspondent in Asia and Europe for Time and the Times, and is the author of six previous books, including Fragile Glory: A Portrait of France and the French, a New York Times Best Book of the Year, and Out of the Blue: A Narrative of September 11, 2001, from Jihad to Ground Zero, named by The Boston Globe as one of the seven best books of 2002. He lives in New York City.

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