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Forbidden Asia

By Döpp , Hans-Jürgen

Book information

Year
2014
ISBN
9781780427218, 1780427212
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32217012 bytes)
Pages
257\257
Time added
2020-11-29 04:31:36

Description

Since The Turkish Baths (1863) by the French painter Ingres, the Far Eastern woman has, to many, been a symbol of out of reach or forbidden pleasures. Seafaring explorers, military adventurers and simple travellers from Europe over the centuries have all been enthralled by the exotic nature of the Asian woman, her foreignness accentuated by the gentle pallor of her skin. Thus arose the myth that she, of all women, was in possession of the knowledge of certain refined pleasures.

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