Staged Seduction (häftad)
Fler böcker inom
Format
Häftad (Trade paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
277
Utgivningsdatum
2016-03-09
Förlag
Stanford University Press
Dimensioner
226 x 150 x 15 mm
Vikt
340 g
ISBN
9780804798549

Staged Seduction

Selling Dreams in a Tokyo Host Club

av Akiko Takeyama
Häftad,  Engelska, 2016-03-09
349
Köp
Spara som favorit
  • Skickas från oss inom 3-6 vardagar.
  • Fri frakt över 249 kr för privatkunder i Sverige.
Finns även som
In the host clubs of Tokyo's Kabuki-ch? red-light district, ambitious young men seek their fortunes by selling love, romance, companionship, and sometimes sex to female consumers for exorbitant sums of money. Staged Seduction reveals a world where all intimacies and feigned feelings are fair game for the hosts who employ feathered bangs, polished nails, fine European suits, and the sensitivity of the finest salesmen to create a fantasy for wealthy women seeking an escape from the everyday. Akiko Takeyama's investigation of this beguiling underground "love business" provides an intimate window into Japanese host clubs and the lives of hosts, clients, club owners, and managers. The club is a place where fantasies are pursued and the art of seduction isn't merely about romance; a complex set of transactions emerges. Like a casino of love, the host club is a site of desperation, aspiration, and hope, in which both hosts and clients are eager to roll the dice. Takeyama reveals the aspirational mode not only of the host club, but also of a Japanese society built on the commercialization of aspiration, seducing its citizens out of the present and into a future where hopes and dreams are imaginable-and billions of dollars can be made.

Passar bra ihop

  1. Staged Seduction
  2. +
  3. Abundance

De som köpt den här boken har ofta också köpt Abundance av Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson (häftad).

Köp båda 2 för 583 kr

Kundrecensioner

Har du läst boken? Sätt ditt betyg »

Fler böcker av Akiko Takeyama

  • Involuntary Consent

    Involuntary Consent

    Akiko Takeyama

    The popularity of pornography is predicated on the idea that those participating have given their consent. That is what allows the porn industry to dominate the media economy today, generating staggering sums of money. Looking at behind-the-scenes...

    974
    Köp
    Skickas inom vardagar.

Övrig information

Akiko Takeyama is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at University of Kansas.

Du kanske gillar