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Pink Box: Inside Japan's Sex Clubs

by Joan Sinclair

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In Pink Box, photographer Joan Sinclair takes us on a journey inside the secret world of fuzoku (commercial sex) in Japan, a world where kawaii (cute) collides with consumerism and sex.

Unrivaled in their creativity and the sheer number of choices, the clubs featured in this book offer their clientele every fantasy imaginable. Subway groping, visits to the nurse’s office, and comic book character encounters are just the beginning of the immense list of possibilities that are played out in colorful playrooms for adults where no detail is overlooked. Sinclair’s photographs capture it all, while an introduction by sociologist James Farrer provides a brief history of commercial sex in Japan and places the images in the context of contemporary Japanese culture.

Synopsis:

Photographer Joan Sinclair takes readers on a journey inside the secret world of "fuzoku" (commercial sex) in Japan, a world where "kawaii" (cute) collides with consumerism and sex. Unrivaled in their creativity and the sheer number of choices, the clubs featured in this book offer their clientele every fantasy imaginable.

About the Author

Joan Sinclair first heard about Japanese sex clubs while working as an English teacher in Tokyo and returned years later to document them. She now lives in San Francisco. James Farrer teaches sociology at Sophia University in Tokyo, where he conducts comparative research on ideas of sexuality and romance among young people in Japan and China. He is the author of Opening Up: Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform in Shanghai.

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ISBN:
9780810992597
Subtitle:
Inside Japan's Sex Clubs
Author:
Sinclair, Joan
Introduction:
Farrar, James
Foreword:
Farrer, James
Author:
Farrar, James
Publisher:
ABRAMS
Subject:
Popular Culture
Subject:
Human Sexuality
Subject:
Japan
Subject:
Sex customs
Subject:
Pop Culture; sex; travel; Japan
Subject:
Sex customs -- Japan.
Subject:
Sex-oriented businesses - Japan
Copyright:
Publication Date:
October 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
974x838x64 186

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