The book of love
Subtitle: in search of the Kamasutra
By: James McConnachie
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781843543732
Subjects: Sex instruction; History; Sex instruction literature; Sex customs; Erotik; Historia; Sociala aspekter; Erotisk litteratur; Kāmasūtra (Vātsyāyana)
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical essay (pages 239-254) and index.