Timon Screech Libros

Focusing on the later eighteenth century, this revised edition delves into the era's thought through the lens of popular objects. The author utilizes previously unexamined sources, offering fresh insights into the cultural and intellectual landscape of the time. With a new preface, this work sheds light on the significance of everyday items in understanding historical context and thought processes.

The book offers a comprehensive exploration of Edo, the historical capital of Japan under the shogunate, highlighting its transformation into modern Tokyo. It delves into the city's unique cultural, social, and political dynamics, showcasing how Edo's legacy shaped contemporary Japan. The narrative is rich with original insights, making it an essential read for those interested in urban history and the evolution of one of the world's most vibrant cities.

This book introduces the reader to important artists and their work, but also to the intellectual issues and concepts surrounding the production, consumption and display of art in Japan in the Edo period.

During the Edo period in eighteenth-century Japan, erotic paintings and prints known today as shunga were popular among both men and women. Yet, prior to Tim Screech’s definitive study, Sex and the Floating World , no one had attempted to situate these overtly sexual images within the contexts of the sexual, gender, or class tensions of the time. Newly revised and expanded, this second edition of Sex and the Floating World examines how and why these images were made and used. Along the way, Screech illuminates a provocative world of sexual fantasy in Edo Japan. ‘With concern, proportion, wit and a bit of levity, the author of this authoritative and invaluable contribution to scholarship has given us the book for which we have long waited.”— Japan Times “Screech provides a fascinating and informative introduction to the social and sexual habits of pre-modern Japan, copiously illustrated and full of witty anecdotes as well as solid scholarly research. The ideal bedtime read?”— Insight Japan