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Author West, Mark D., 1968-

Title Secrets, sex, and spectacle : the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States / Mark D. West
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 404 pages) : illustrations
Contents Players -- Privacy and honor -- Groups -- Individuals -- Sex -- Apology
Summary A leader of a global superpower is betrayed by his mistress, who makes public the sordid details of their secret affair. His wife stands by as he denies the charges. Debates over definitions of moral leadership ensue. Sound familiar? If you guessed Clinton and Lewinsky, try again. This incident involved former Japanese prime minister Sosuke Uno and a geisha. In Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle, Mark D. West organizes the seemingly random worlds of Japanese and American scandal?from corporate fraud to baseball cheaters, political corruption to celebrity sexcapades?to explore well-ingrained similarit
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Scandals -- Japan
Law -- Japan
Scandals -- United States
Law -- United States.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies.
Law
Manners and customs
Scandals
SUBJECT Japan -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069579
United States -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140527
Subject Japan
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780226894119
0226894118
1281966770
9781281966773
9786611966775
6611966773