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Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World - The Economics of Sex in the Late Antique and Medieval Middle East (Hardcover)
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Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World - The Economics of Sex in the Late Antique and Medieval Middle East (Hardcover)
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This groundbreaking book challenges many stereotypical views about
the historical practice of prostitution. Based on twenty years'
research, and organized by region, it charts the history of sex for
sale in those chief centres of the late antique and medieval East,
whether in Arabia, Egypt, Syria or Anatolia. Ranging extensively
from 300 CE to 1500 (or from the reign of Theodosius to the early
Ottoman period), Gary Leiser meticulously examines the available
sources and argues for a reappraisal of the so-called oldest
profession. He suggests that it was never prohibited; that there
was remarkable continuity between Christian and Muslim rule; and
that prostitution was institutionalized as a 'service industry' at
various times. Indicating that sex work in the East had its own
distinctive character and meanings (for example, that it was taxed
from the time of Caligula onwards and that prostitutes were
expected to retain tax receipts), the book brings continually fresh
insights to a controversial subject.
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