02763nam 22007574a 450 991097151550332120200520144314.09786611966775978128196677312819667709780226894119022689411810.7208/9780226894119(CKB)1000000000578020(EBL)408454(OCoLC)476229097(SSID)ssj0000243108(PQKBManifestationID)11219717(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243108(PQKBWorkID)10321045(PQKB)11743520(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122541(MiAaPQ)EBC408454(DE-B1597)523133(OCoLC)1055414509(DE-B1597)9780226894119(Au-PeEL)EBL408454(CaPaEBR)ebr10265977(CaONFJC)MIL196677(Perlego)1852539(EXLCZ)99100000000057802020060412d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSecrets, sex, and spectacle the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States /Mark D. West1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20061 online resource (416 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226894089 0226894088 Includes bibliographical references and index.Players -- Privacy and honor -- Groups -- Individuals -- Sex -- Apology.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-toScandalsJapanLawJapanScandalsUnited StatesLawUnited StatesJapanSocial life and customsUnited StatesSocial life and customsScandalsLawScandalsLaw302.2/4West Mark D1805937MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971515503321Secrets, sex, and spectacle4367864UNINA