Colonizing Sex: Sexology and Social Control in Modern Japan

by Sabine Frühstück

A sweeping study of sex, power, and knowledge in modern Japan, this ambitious work provides the first full-scale, detailed history of the formation and application of a science of sex from Meiji through mid-twentieth century Japan. Tracing the different uses made of sexual knowledge, the book brings to light the complex and subtle interplay between sexuality, scientific expertise, social control, and empire building.

Drawing on a wide variety...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520235487
• ISBN13: 9780520235489
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"