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...
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : promise of the future
- The consumable city
- Commodified romance
- Entrepreneurial attraction
- Feminine restoration
- The art of seduction
- Conclusion : affect economy.