Hirooka keiichi (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Near fine. Photo-illustrated reporter's survey of bath houses and massage parlors of Japan in the 1970s. William Wetherall notes that "in Japan, torukoburo (Turkish bath) is a controversial synonym for a 'bathhouse cum massage parlor' that offers a 'carnalcopia' of sexual services which may be cryptically listed on the schedule of charges at the entrance" (in "'Turkish baths' by any other name: the politics of Japanese rubdowns"). Hirooka documents these particular systems of prostitution, including legal, historical, and economic factors. He investigates the lives and culture of those involved, and includes a chronology in the final section. 7.5'' x 4.75''. . Original pale pink wrappers stamped in brown. In original typographic dust jacket with black and brown lettering. Illustrated with two full-page photographic images and corner photographic vignettes throughout. 231, [3] pages. Publisher's reader survey laid in. Faint soiling to jacket, with a touch of sunning to spine.…