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Study Guidelines for Tuesday, 2/19 Read "Sex, Art, and Edo Culture: An Introduction" before anything else and then: 1. Make sure you understand what the "akusho" (notorious places) are and how they fit into the cultural landscape of Edo. What characterizes them? 2. Think about the author's statement that "both types of 'notorious places' commodified sex by transforming it into performance and it is sex and performance which most steadfastly resist systematization, hence control." (pp. 5-6) 3. Pay attention to the section of this article called "Gender Trouble." (p. 6) |