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Sun, Apr. 11th, 2004 01:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterGood things about my job:
Someone must have taken some class on the history of Asian-Americans, because they just sold their books to us. The boss was going to turn a few away because they had been slightly highlighted, then noticed I was very interested in one book on Chinese prostitution in early San Francisco, and drew my attention to those. Ha, five dollars! Then employee discount ^_^.
I feel kind of bad that I was an East Asian Studies major and know almost nothing about this stretch of history -- mostly I did Japanese pop culture and ancient Chinese history (and pre-modern Japanese history, 1600-on). Plus, prostitution.
Sexual history/politics really interests me. And it'll be nice to know about this in addition to Japanese hostesses and the geisha and Yoshiwara.
Now I need to find something on Chinese prostitutes/courtesans in pre-modern China!
Someone must have taken some class on the history of Asian-Americans, because they just sold their books to us. The boss was going to turn a few away because they had been slightly highlighted, then noticed I was very interested in one book on Chinese prostitution in early San Francisco, and drew my attention to those. Ha, five dollars! Then employee discount ^_^.
I feel kind of bad that I was an East Asian Studies major and know almost nothing about this stretch of history -- mostly I did Japanese pop culture and ancient Chinese history (and pre-modern Japanese history, 1600-on). Plus, prostitution.
Sexual history/politics really interests me. And it'll be nice to know about this in addition to Japanese hostesses and the geisha and Yoshiwara.
Now I need to find something on Chinese prostitutes/courtesans in pre-modern China!
Re: Storyville
Tue, Apr. 13th, 2004 02:29 am (UTC)But ooo, legal brothel area -- interesting! Hee.
Re: Storyville
Tue, Apr. 13th, 2004 12:01 pm (UTC)