Title Female Masculinity and the Business of Emotions in Tokyo

Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (214 p.) Series Global Gender Series Global gender (Series) Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Why dansō, why now? -- A note on terminology and definitions -- Outline of the book -- 1 Gender identity, performativity and fantasy: the case of dansō escorting -- Introduction -- 1.1 Masculinity in Japan -- 1.2 Danso's masculinity -- 1.3 Dansō and gender definition -- 1.4 Are dansō queer? -- 1.5 Dansō escorting and the market of affects and emotions -- 1.6 The role of fantasy in dansō escorting -- Conclusion 2 Walk like a man, talk like a man: working with dansō in Akihabara -- Introduction -- 2.1 Fieldwork location: Akihabara -- 2.2 The dansō escort company Dreamland -- 2.3 Entering the field -- 2.4 Dating a dansō: how it works -- 2.5 Special activities -- 2.6 The use of Internet and social media -- 2.7 You can observe and ask questions, but please don't be a hindrance . . . -- 2.8 Insider or outsider? -- 2.9 Negotiations while doing ethnography -- Conclusion -- 3 Who are dansō? -- 3.1 I used to be a tomboy -- 3.2 Why I crossdress -- 3.3 Why I am a dansō escort -- 3.4 Inspirations, styles and kei 3.5 Gender and sexuality -- Conclusion -- 4 Identity and human relationships -- Introduction -- 4.1 Crafting yourself -- 4.2 Non-commodified love relationships -- 4.3 Relationships with family members and other co-workers -- 4.4 Dansō and the LGBTQ+ movement -- Conclusion -- 5 The customers' perspective -- Introduction -- 5.1 Typology of women patrons -- 5.2 Dansō escorts and dansō kissa -- 5.3 Reasons for meeting a crossdresser escort -- 5.4 DCR: the dansō-customer relationship -- 5.5 Reality, fantasy and performance in DCR -- 5.6 An "enhanced reality" -- 5.7 Buying love? -- Conclusion 6 Working with emotions -- the negative aspects of the business -- 6.1 Performing and selling emotions -- 6.2 Counterfeit intimacy? -- 6.3 Problems in the dansō-customer relationship -- 6.4 The price to pay: the embedded costs -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix I: Background information of crossdressers and clients -- Appendix II: Crossdresser escorts' schedules -- Bibliography -- Index Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Cross-dressers -- Japan Gender identity -- Japan Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Japan Emotions. Patriarchy -- Japan Cross-dressers Emotions Gender identity Patriarchy Self-actualization (Psychology) Japan Form Electronic book ISBN 1003802893 9781003802891

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