Pink Box by Joan Sinclair

Pink Box by Joan Sinclair

In Pink Box, photographer Joan Sinclair takes us on a journey inside the secret world of fuzoku (commercial sex) in Japan, a world where kawaii (cute) collides with consumerism and sex.Unrivaled in their creativity and the sheer number of choices, the clubs featured in this book offer their clientele every fantasy imaginable. Subway groping, visits to the nurse’s office, and comic book character encounters are just the beginning of the immense list of possibilities that are played out in colorful playrooms for adults where no detail is overlooked. Sinclair’s photographs capture it all, while an introduction by sociologist James Farrer provides a brief history of commercial sex in Japan and places the images in the context of contemporary Japanese culture.

While living in Tokyo for two years, Joan Sinclair heard rumours of sex clubs with mirrored floors and fantasy decor. She returned to San Francisco to begin a career as an attorney, but the thought of photographing these clubs never left her mind. In 2004, she packed her camera and moved back to Japan for a year. After endless nights of karaoke, she forged friendships with sex club managers and workers, and was given open access to the clubs that appear in this book. James Farrer teaches Sociology at Sophia University in Tokyo. He conducts comparative research on ideas of sexuality and romance among young people in Japan and China. He also researches and writes about nightlife in Shanghai and Tokyo. He is author of the book Opening Up: Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform in Shanghai.

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ISBN 13	9780810992597
ISBN 10	0810992590
Title	Pink Box
Author	Joan Sinclair
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Abrams
Year published	2006-10-01
Number of pages	192
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