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Hardcover Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History Book

ISBN: 0415415853

ISBN13: 9780415415859

Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History

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Drawing on theories of place, consumption and identity, Sarah Chaplin details the evolution of the love hotel in urban Japan since the 1950s. Love hotels emerged in the late 1950s following a ban of licensed prostitution, then were extremely popular in the 1970s, were then legislated against in the 1980s and are now perceived as 'leisure', 'fashion' or 'boutique' hotels.

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