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The book of love : in search of the Kamasutra

Title
The book of love : in search of the Kamasutra / James McConnachie.
Author
McConnachie, James.
Publication
London : Atlantic Books, 2007.

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Book/TextUse in library HQ470.S3 M33 2007Off-site

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Description
xvi, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 22 cm
Summary
Part history, part exploration of sexual culture, part philosophical odyssey, this text tells the story of the Kamasutra, from its birth in ancient India to its afterlife in the modern West, where it was found, suppressed and, finally, excitedly discovered again in the 1960s.
Subject
  • Vātsyāyana
  • Vatsyayana
  • Kāmasūtra (Vātsyāyana)
  • Sex instruction > India > History
  • Sex instruction > Social aspects > India
  • Sex instruction literature > India > History
  • Sex instruction literature > Social aspects > India
  • Sex customs > India > History
  • Sex customs
  • Sex instruction
  • Sex instruction literature
  • Erotik > historia > Indien
  • Erotik > sociala aspekter > Indien
  • Erotisk litteratur > historia > Indien
  • Erotisk litteratur > sociala aspekter > Indien
  • India
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 9781843543732
  • 1843543737
OCLC
  • ocn156804009
  • 156804009
  • SCSB-14692212
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library