Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle
The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States
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Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10193269M
- ISBN-139780226894089
- ISBN-100226894088
- OCLC Control Number67361214
- OCLC Control Numbersecretssexspecta0000west
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2006012466
- Goodreads403953
- LibraryThing6045967
Classifications
- LCCDS821 .W36 2006
Description
"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 similarities and contrasts in law and society. In Japan and the United States, legal and organizational rules tell us what kind of behavior is considered scandalous. When Japanese and American scandal stories differ, those rules - rules that define what's public and what's private, rules that protect injuries to dignity and honor, and rules about sex, to name a few - often help explain the differences. In the cases of Clinton and Uno, the rules help explain why the media didn't cover Uno's affair, why Uno's wife apologized on her husband's behalf, and why Uno - and not Clinton - resigned." "Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle offers a novel approach to viewing the phenomenon of scandal - one that will be applauded by anyone who has obsessed over (or ridiculed) these public episodes."--BOOK JACKET.
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