The cradle of Erotica is a veritable treasure house of exotic Afro-Asian sexual behavior. It is a
sequel to The Jewel in the Lotus, a definitive exploration into African Asian sexual behavior and conduct. The intricacies in the erotic practices of the African and Asians was unknown to all except a few western scholars. The bisexuality, sado- masochism, sexual rites and orgies typical to the African and Asian society have been discussed in the book with explicit details. The book is enriched with reference to ancient Sex Manuals, Erotic Literature, Folk Tales, Mythologies prevalent in different communities of Asia and Africa. Some of the most important and interesting sexologic and erotic literature have been produced by the Near and far East.
The work deals with Erotic Philosophy, genitalia and Genital Intercourse, Sexual Promiscuity, Masturbation etc. with context to Asia and Africa. The genitalia of different communities have been described like this – “Ez-zerzur(the starling) is the vulva of a young Muslim or Jewish female. Its outer lips are dark brown and its inner labia are rose-colored. In many Negr… it is glossy black with a crimson center, whence it is dubbed eshshehhrur(the black bird). The little light-brown and pink vulva of an Arab girl is also called el-’osfur(the sparrow) . . . The vulva of the African negr… is black at the entrance, but becomes a bright red in the vagina. . .The pubis is completely hairless. . .The clitoris of the young negr…is very much developed, often the length of the little finger of a child, for after the nubile age it increases greatly. . . The general appearance of the Japanese body is like that of the Chinese Woman, but the pubes is not always deprived of its hair, for all the hair of the pubes is carefully pulled out by the Chinese. In that case it is scantily furnished with a little black curly hair. The mucous surfaces of the vulva and vagina are lighter than in the Chinese Woman, which are a rather bright carmine toned down with a dash of ocher. The general hue, a yellow-red, is nearly like that of a Spanish woman. The genital parts are also much better developed than in the Chinese Woman. The breast is also more rounded.”
We find a nice description of an erotic painting of the celebrated artist Maruyama in the book these words –Maruyama, one of the most celebrated of modern Japanese artists, painted an aquarelle representing a naked woman squatting on the ground, with a motto: “A woman who has sinned in lust.” Her “shame-slit” is depicted wide agape; the clitoris, as well as the smaller lips, stands out prominently; the larger lips, on the contrary, appear small with but little stout development. The authors are renowned experts in their fields, and therefore the book is a very important reference manual on sexual ethics practices which will not only be liked by the scholars of sexology, but also by the avid readers of erotic literature irrespective of race and gender .