Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Prelude Introduction Pt. 1: Ethnography of a Hostess Club Ch. 1: A Type of Place Ch. 2: A Type of Routine Ch. 3: A Type of Woman Pt. 2: Mapping the Nightlife within Cultural Categories Introduction Ch. 4: Social Place and Identity Ch. 5: The Meaning and Place of Work: The Sarariiman Ch. 6: Family and Home Ch. 7: Structure of Japanese Play Ch. 8: Male Play with Money, Women, and Sex Pt. 3: Male Rituals and Masculinity Introduction Ch. 9: Male Bonding Ch. 10: The Mizu Shobai Woman: Constructing Dirtiness and Sex Ch. 11: Impotence as a Sign and Symbol of the Sarariiman References Index

About the Author

Anne Allison is the Robert O. Keohane Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Professor of Women's Studies at Duke University.