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. 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. 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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index