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Author Takeyama, Akiko, 1970- author.

Title Staged seduction : selling dreams in a Tokyo host club / Akiko Takeyama.

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 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.
Contents 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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Subject Love -- Economic aspects -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Love -- Economic aspects.
Japan -- Tokyo.
Love.
Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Man-woman relationships.
Sex industry -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Sex industry.
Sexual ethics -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Sexual ethics.
Nightclubs -- Japan -- Tokyo.
Nightclubs.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Takeyama, Akiko, 1970- Staged seduction 9780804791243 (DLC) 2015029298 (OCoLC)915943351
ISBN 9780804798556 (electronic book)
0804798559 (electronic book)
9780804791243
0804791244
9780804798549
0804798540
Standard No. 40025877648