The courtesan's arts : cross-cultural perspectives /

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Courtesans, hetaeras, tawaif-s, ji-s--these women have exchanged artistic graces, elevated conversation, and sexual favors with male patrons throughout history and around the world. In Ming dynasty China and early modern Italy, exchange was made through poetry, speech, and music; in pre-colonial Ind...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Feldman, Martha (Editor ), Gordon, Bonnie, 1968- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:ACLS Fellows' publications.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Temas:
Courtesans > History > Cross-cultural studies.
Courtisanes > Histoire > Études transculturelles.
15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction.
Courtesans
Kurtisane
Kulturvergleich
Courtesans.
Cross-cultural studies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Courtesans, hetaeras, tawaif-s, ji-s--these women have exchanged artistic graces, elevated conversation, and sexual favors with male patrons throughout history and around the world. In Ming dynasty China and early modern Italy, exchange was made through poetry, speech, and music; in pre-colonial India through magic, music, chemistry, and other arts. Yet like the art of courtesanry itself, those arts have often thrived outside present-day canons and modes of transmission, and have mostly vanished without trace. The Courtesan's Arts delves into this hidden legacy, while touching on its equivocal.
Notas:Some online versions lack accompanying media packaged with the printed version.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxvii, 396 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-380) and index.
ISBN:9780199775088
0199775087

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