Staged seduction : selling dreams in a Tokyo host club /
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 wom...
Main Author: | Takeyama, Akiko, 1970- (Author) |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2016]
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