Staged seduction : selling dreams in a Tokyo host club / Akiko Takeyama.
Material type: TextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780804798556
- 0804798559
- Love -- Economic aspects -- Japan -- Tokyo
- Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Tokyo
- Sex-oriented businesses -- Japan -- Tokyo
- Sexual ethics -- Japan -- Tokyo
- Nightclubs -- Japan -- Tokyo
- Tokyo (Japan) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
- Tōkyō (Japon) -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 21e siècle
- SOCIAL SCIENCE/Customs & Traditions
- Love -- Economic aspects
- Man-woman relationships
- Manners and customs
- Nightclubs
- Sex-oriented businesses
- Sexual ethics
- Japan -- Tokyo
- Bar
- Liebesbeziehung
- Kellner
- Sexualität
- Wirtschaft
- Japan
- 2000-2099
- 392.60952/135 23
- GT2600 .T35 2016eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This manuscript provides a window into the Japanese nighttime bars where male hosts seduce their female clients and entice them to spend money. It attempts to answer questions such as: what happens when women are the financial providers and men are the paid seducers? How do they communicate when women want to be seduced but cannot say so? What is it like to be in a commodified form of romance? Takeyama investigates various aspects of the host clubs including the host club as workplace, the hosts themselves, the women who frequent host clubs, the club managers, and the ethics of host club deception. Ultimately, the book provides readers with an extraordinary look into the dynamics of seduction, and the broader dynamics of the contemporary Japanese political economy. Publisher's description.
Introduction : promise of the future -- The consumable city -- Commodified romance -- Entrepreneurial attraction -- Feminine restoration -- The art of seduction -- Conclusion : affect economy.
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