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Condition: Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ... Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

ISBN: 9780226014876

Publication Year: 1994

Type: Textbook

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publication Name: Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club

Item Height: 232mm

Author: Anne Allison

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Item Width: 165mm

Subject: Zoology, Anthropology

Item Weight: 346g

Number of Pages: 228 Pages

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In Nightwork, Anne Allison opens a window onto Japanese corporate culture and gender identities. Allison performed the ritualized tasks of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many hostess clubs : pouring drinks, lighting cigarettes, and making flattering or titillating conversation with the businessmen who came there on company expense accounts. Her book critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations. Allison describes in detail a typical company outing to such a club?what the men do, how they interact with the hostesses, the role the hostess is expected to play, and the extent to which all of this involves play rather than work. Unlike previous books on Japanese nightlife, Allison's ethnography of one specific hostess club (here referred to as Bijo) views the general phenomenon from the eyes of a woman, hostess, and feminist anthropologist. Observing that clubs like Bijo further a kind of masculinity dependent on the gestures and labors of women, Allison seeks to uncover connections between such behavior and other social, economic, sexual, and gendered relations. She argues that Japanese corporate nightlife enables and institutionalizes a particular form of ritualized male dominance: in paying for this entertainment, Japanese corporations not only give their male workers a self-image as phallic man, but also develop relationships to work that are unconditional and unbreakable. This is a book that will appeal to anyone interested in gender roles or in contemporary Japanese society.

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The University of Chicago Press

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9780226014876

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Author

Anne Allison

Publication Name

Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Subject

Zoology, Anthropology

Publication Year

1994

Type

Textbook

Number of Pages

228 Pages

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Item Height

232mm

Item Width

165mm

Item Weight

346g

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Anne Allison

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United States

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