Foreign Prostitutes
FORTY FALLEN WOMEN: OULED NAIL OF THE SAHARA 1870 TO 1920
This book tells about a tribe that lived in northern Africa on the fringe of the Sahara Desert in the late nineteenth century. The young women of the Ouled Nail were trained in the arts of dance and love-making. After this education they left the tribe and relocated in oasis towns where they danced in cafes and sold sexual pleasures to selected men. Their dancing became known as belly dancing. The women’s earnings from this work became their dowry. Once they earned a sufficient amount most returned to their tribe and chose a suitable husband. This book contains 40 different photographs of the women and the places they worked. Most of the women are fully clothed but a few are not.
$14.95, softcover, 63 pages.
FORTY FALLEN WOMEN: JAPAN’S OIRAN, TAYUU AND YÚJO 1870-1920
The material in this book transports the reader to a different time and place, into a world with which few are acquainted. It provides an uncensored view of Japanese prostitution as it was practiced from 1870 into the 1920s. The book is illustrated with many color photographs and illustrations of red light districts, brothels and prostitutes. Japanese prostitution produced its own rules, customs and morals. The Japanese were not burdened with the anti-prostitution Victorian norms so prevalent in the United States. In Japan prostitution was controlled and licensed by the state. Citizens in Japan knew how and where it operated and viewed it as a natural part of the culture.
$14.95, softcover, many color pictures, 64 pages.
JAPANESE PROSTITUTION AROUND 1900
This book contains a reproduction of an historical publication titled HOW THE “SOCIAL EVIL” IS REGULATED IN JAPAN. There are two parts to this reproduced book. The first part deals with how Japanese prostitution operated. Included in this section is an application form woman had to fill out before being interviewed by the police. Also presented are the numerous laws dealing with prostitution. The second part of the book offers observations on Japanese prostitution by four westerners. This informative book is both insightful and interesting.
$13.95, softcover, 64 pages.