Nightwork (Record no. 62650)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780226014876
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : International Book Distributors
Distributor address ; Flat No.- 17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2,5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi
Bill Number ; 121072
Bill Date : 17/12/2024
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 394.1 ALL
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Allison, Anne.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Nightwork
Remainder of title : Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Anne Allison.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , Chicago
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : University Of Chicago
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 1994.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 213p.
Dimensions ; 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 1831
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc 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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Corporate culture
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Hostess clubs
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Feminist anthropologist
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Personal name Anne Allison
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 30/12/2024 International Book Distributors 1831.00   394.1 ALL 30552 30/12/2024 30/12/2024 Books
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