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Autore |
West Mark D |
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Secrets, sex, and spectacle [[electronic resource] ] : the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States / / Mark D. West |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
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1-281-96677-0 |
9786611966775 |
0-226-89411-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Scandals - Japan |
Law - Japan |
Scandals - United States |
Law - United States |
Japan Social life and customs |
United States Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Players -- Privacy and honor -- Groups -- Individuals -- Sex -- Apology. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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