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Butterflies of the night : mama-sans, geisha, strippers, and the Japanese men they serve
- Title
- Butterflies of the night : mama-sans, geisha, strippers, and the Japanese men they serve / Lisa Louis.
- Author
- Louis, Lisa, 1961-
- Publication
- New York : Tengu Books, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GT3415.J3 L68 1992 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 214 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Butterflies of the Night is an American woman's inside view of Japan's lively and powerful nightclub world. Includes interviews with women in both high-end clubs and the sleazy end of the business, as well as comments from customers of geisha houses as well as sex clubs.
- Subject
- Bars (Drinking establishments) > Japan > Kyoto
- Entertaining > Japan > Kyoto
- Cocktail servers > Japan > Kyoto
- Geishas > Japan > Kyoto
- Bars (Drinking establishments)
- Cocktail servers
- Entertaining
- Geishas
- Manners and customs
- Geisha
- Prostitution
- Frau
- Geisha's
- Striptease
- Seksueel gedrag
- Kyoto (Japan) > Social life and customs
- Japan > Kyoto
- Japan
- Contents
- Job hunting in the water trade -- A high-class affair -- The geisha world -- A special kind of sleaze -- Customers -- Outsiders: token whites -- Women at a discount: Japayuki-san -- The gangster element.
- ISBN
- 083480249X
- 9780834802490
- LCCN
- 91045477
- OCLC
- ocm25049074
- 25049074
- SCSB-14204365
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library